Includes detailed chapters on interstitial lung disease, lung cancer, and neuroendocrine tumors. Organized by traditional disease groups, Biopsy Interpretation of the Lung provides a solid approach to formulating surgical and medical decisions. This text is geared toward surgical pathologists, pathology residents, pathology fellows, pulmonologists, pulmonology fellows, and thoracic surgeons, and includes the latest information on the best use of immunohistochemical markers, special stains, and molecular assays to aid n more accurate and cost-efficient diagnoses.

Methods for obtaining lung biopsies -- Inflammatory lung conditions -- Pulmonary non-infectious granulomas -- Lung vasculitis and hemorrhagic disorders -- Bacterial lung infections -- Fungal lung infections -- Parasitic lung infections -- Viral lung infections -- Interstitial lung disease -- Lung transplant pathology -- Lymphoid lesions of the lung -- Epithelial lung neoplasms -- Neuroendocrine lung neoplasms -- Unusual lung tumors and tumor-like conditions -- Metastatic tumors to the lung.