Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) often present diagnostic challenges to both the clinician and pathologist. Surgical lung biopsy (SLB) is often pursued in the evaluation of ILD and the clinician uses the histopathologic conclusions to guide management. However, the agreement between general and pulmonary pathologists in histopathologic diagnosis of ILD has not been established.
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 6900 Georgia Ave., NW Washington, DC 20307, USA. christopher.lettieri@us.army.mil
