Occupational Lung Diseases – General ... - The Lung Center

Transbronchial lung biopsies
• TBLB yield only small tissue samples that may be adequate to
diagnose disorders such as interstitial fibrosis, but are often
unable to shed light on the reason for the pathology that is
noted.
• They are most helpful in diagnosing granulomatous interstitial
diseases such as sarcoidosis, beryllium disease and
hypersensitivity pneumonitis and diffuse malignant processes.