TableĀ 1

A comparison of the diagnosis made by ILD MDT with the diagnosis on the original histopathology report

DiagnosisMDT numbers (probable)Histology* numbers (probable)
Usual interstitial pneumonitis2116 (4)
Non-specific interstitial pneumonitis8 (1)4
Desquamative interstitial pneumonitis/respiratory bronchiolitis ILD64
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis82 (4)
Pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis10
Mixed dust fibrosis11
Sarcoidosis53 (1)
Thesaurosis10
Langerhans cell granulomatosis22
Inflammatory myoblastic tumour20
Lymphoproliferative hyperplasia benign11
TB43
Organising pneumonia(2)2
No ILD81
  • *Includes probable and definite diagnoses only. Non-specific diagnoses are excluded from this column.

  • ILD, interstitial lung disease; MDT, multidisciplinary team.