Multidisciplinary Session
MS 2 - Fibrotic lung disease
Lectures
MS 2 - Clinical diagnosis and therapeutic options
11:01N. Chaudhuri, Manchester / UK
Learning Objectives
1. To review the key clinical features of individual fibrotic lung disorders.
2. To understand the prognostic and therapeutic implications of the differential diagnosis among fibrotic lung disorders.
3. To suggest appropriate pharmacologic therapy for patients with individual fibrotic lung disorders.
MS 2 - Radiological and pathological diagnosis of diffuse fibrotic lung disease
20:38M. Greaves, Manchester / UK, M.A. Montero-Fernandez, Manchester / UK
Learning Objectives
1. To learn about the key CT and histologic features of fibrotic lung diseases.
2. To understand when clinic-radiological data is sufficient to make a correct diagnosis and when additional lung biopsy is required.
3. To understand the value of multidisciplinary teams in the diagnosis and management of patients with these conditions.
MS 2 - Multidisciplinary case presentation
12:25N. Sverzellati, Parma / IT
2. To understand the prognostic and therapeutic implications of the differential diagnosis among fibrotic lung disorders.
3. To suggest appropriate pharmacologic therapy for patients with individual fibrotic lung disorders.
2. To understand when clinico-radiological data are sufficient to secure a correct diagnosis.
3. To show how HRCT can provide additional information to histology in the multidisciplinary discussion.
2. To discuss the most appropriate bioptic techniques for obtaining histologic samples.
3. To show how histology can provide additional information to HRCT in the multidisciplinary discussion.