Diagnosis of biopsy verified usual interstitial pneumonia by computed tomography.

Objective: To identify the combination of clinical data and high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) features that best identified biopsy verified usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP).

Methods: The study included 91 patients with a tentative diagnosis of interstitial lung disease. All underwent clinical investigation, surgical lung biopsy and HRCT.

PET-CT in the assessment of lung cancer at Rikshospitalet from 2007-2011.

Background: PET-CT is an aid in the assessment of lung cancer for identifying operable patients. The examination is recommended for most patients with non-small cell lung cancer whom the primary assessment has indicated may have a curable disease. The aim was to assess the usefulness of PET-CT for patients assumed to be operable who underwent an examination at Rikshospitalet.

Endoscopic treatment of bronchial carcinoids in comparison to surgical resection: a retrospective study.

Background: Surgery is the gold standard of lung carcinoid treatment. However, bronchoscopic treatment may provide a complete cure in selected patients. The aim of the study was to review the results of laser treatment of bronchial carcinoids and to compare the outcome after laser resection against the outcome after surgical resection.

Systemic biomarkers of inflammation and haemostasis in patients with chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis.

Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate mediators of inflammation and haemostasis in patients with chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis (CNPA), a locally, destructive process of the lung due to invasion by Aspergillus species.

Methods: Measurements of selected biomarkers in 10 patients with CNPA and 19 healthy, matched controls were performed with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and multiplex methodology. The gene expressions of relevant biomarkers were analyzed with real-time quantitative RT-PCR.

Diagnostic accuracy of computed tomography and histopathology in the diagnosis of usual interstitial pneumonia.

Background: The relative clinical benefit of histopathology and computed tomography (CT) in patients with idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP) is under debate.

Purpose: To analyze thin-section CT features and histopathologic findings in patients with usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) in the clinical context of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), and to evaluate and compare diagnostic accuracy of the two methods among patients with an appropriate spectrum of IIP.

Material And Methods: The study included 91 patients (49 men; mean age 53.