TY - JOUR
T1 - Bronchoalveolar Lavage (BAL) and Pathologic Assessment of Electronic Cigarette or Vaping Product Use-associated Lung Injury (EVALI)
T2 - The EVALI-BAL Study, A Multicenter Cohort
AU - Harry-Hernandez, Salem
AU - Thiboutot, Jeffrey
AU - Wahidi, Momen M.
AU - Giovacchini, Coral X.
AU - De Cardenas, Jose
AU - Meldrum, Catherine
AU - Los, Jenna G.
AU - Illei, Peter B.
AU - Shojaee, Samira
AU - Eissenberg, Thomas
AU - Dibardino, David
AU - Giannini, Heather
AU - Maldonado, Fabien
AU - Roller, Lance
AU - Yarmus, Lonny B.
AU - Kapp, Christopher M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023/4/22
Y1 - 2023/4/22
N2 - Background: E-cigarette or vaping-use related acute lung injury (EVALI) is a spectrum of radiographic and histologic patterns consistent with acute to subacute lung injury. However, limited data exist characterizing bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) findings. The goal of this study is to further define the pathologic findings from BAL and biopsy samples of subjects with EVALI across 7 institutions. Methods: A multicentered registry of patients admitted with EVALI who underwent flexible bronchoscopy with BAL+/-transbronchial biopsy from July 2019 to April 2021 was compiled for retrospective evaluation from 7 academic institutions throughout the United States. Radiographic and cytopathologic findings and frequencies were correlated with the substance vaped. Results: Data from 21 subjects (42.9% women) who were predominantly White (76.2%) with a median age of 25 years (range, 16 to 68) with EVALI were included in this study. Sixteen patients (76.2%) reported use of tetrahydrocannabinol; the remainder used nicotine. BAL was performed in 19 of the 21 subjects, and transbronchial lung biopsy was performed in 7 subjects. BAL findings revealed neutrophilic predominance (median, 59.5%, range, 3.1 to 98) in most cases. Ten BAL samples demonstrated pulmonary eosinophilia ranging from 0.2% to 49.1% with one subject suggesting a diagnosis of acute eosinophilic pneumonia associated with the use of e-cigarettes. Lipid-laden macrophages were noted in 10 of 15 reports (66.7%). Transbronchial biopsy most frequently demonstrated patterns of organizing pneumonia (57.1%). Conclusion: EVALI-associated BAL findings typically demonstrate a spectrum of nonspecific inflammatory changes, including neutrophilia, lipid-laden macrophages, and in some cases eosinophilia.
AB - Background: E-cigarette or vaping-use related acute lung injury (EVALI) is a spectrum of radiographic and histologic patterns consistent with acute to subacute lung injury. However, limited data exist characterizing bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) findings. The goal of this study is to further define the pathologic findings from BAL and biopsy samples of subjects with EVALI across 7 institutions. Methods: A multicentered registry of patients admitted with EVALI who underwent flexible bronchoscopy with BAL+/-transbronchial biopsy from July 2019 to April 2021 was compiled for retrospective evaluation from 7 academic institutions throughout the United States. Radiographic and cytopathologic findings and frequencies were correlated with the substance vaped. Results: Data from 21 subjects (42.9% women) who were predominantly White (76.2%) with a median age of 25 years (range, 16 to 68) with EVALI were included in this study. Sixteen patients (76.2%) reported use of tetrahydrocannabinol; the remainder used nicotine. BAL was performed in 19 of the 21 subjects, and transbronchial lung biopsy was performed in 7 subjects. BAL findings revealed neutrophilic predominance (median, 59.5%, range, 3.1 to 98) in most cases. Ten BAL samples demonstrated pulmonary eosinophilia ranging from 0.2% to 49.1% with one subject suggesting a diagnosis of acute eosinophilic pneumonia associated with the use of e-cigarettes. Lipid-laden macrophages were noted in 10 of 15 reports (66.7%). Transbronchial biopsy most frequently demonstrated patterns of organizing pneumonia (57.1%). Conclusion: EVALI-associated BAL findings typically demonstrate a spectrum of nonspecific inflammatory changes, including neutrophilia, lipid-laden macrophages, and in some cases eosinophilia.
KW - EVALI
KW - acute lung injury
KW - bronchoalveolar lavage
KW - e-cigarette
KW - vaping
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U2 - 10.1097/LBR.0000000000000890
DO - 10.1097/LBR.0000000000000890
M3 - Article
C2 - 35993570
AN - SCOPUS:85151574537
SN - 1944-6586
VL - 30
SP - 144
EP - 154
JO - Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology
JF - Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology
IS - 2
ER -