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Diffuse or focal interstitial lung disease, peripheral nodular lesions of unknown etiology, and pulmonary infection do sometimes require invasive tissue sampling after an inconclusive bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and/or transbronchial lung biopsies (TBLB). The decision to perform a lung biopsy has to be based on the probability that the examination will yield a specific diagnosis leading to a specific and/or change in treatment.
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Dooms, C., Vansteenkiste, J. (2014). Pulmonary Biopsies via Thoracoscopy. In: Astoul, P., Tassi, G., Tschopp, JM. (eds) Thoracoscopy for Pulmonologists. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38351-9_17
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