Official TBBX showed:
Right lung, lower lobe, transbronchial biopsy:
1. Active interstitial inflammation with type 2-pneumocyte hyperplasia.
2. Grocott stain is negative for fungus.
3. Ziehl-Neelsen stain is negative for acid-fast bacteria.
B. Endobronchial, main carina, biopsy: Unremarkable bronchial tissue.
Don't know what this means (or doesn't mean), except that I probably could have gotton away with steroids (she's in Yemen for the next 3+ months, so I wanted to know what I was treating). If she were still here, how many would treat, how many would observe, and how many would proceed with open lung/VATs Bx?
Friday, July 14, 2006
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I think that if, on return, the ground glass persists, I'd want a surgical lung biopsy prior to treating with steroids.
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