Diagnostic certainty of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis/usual interstitial pneumonia: The effect of the integrated clinico-radiological assessment

摘要

Objective: To reevaluate idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) cases which had surgical lung biopsy (SLB) for diagnosis of usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP), and examine the influence of computed tomography (CT) findings and clinical information based on diagnostic certainty.