Authors: Prashant Kaushik E Shannon Cooper Venkat R Banda S Raju Vatsavai Richa Kaushik
Publish Date: 2004/09/18
Volume: 25, Issue: 5, Pages: 391-393
Abstract
Bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia BOOP is characterized by excessive proliferation of granulation tissue within small airways proliferative bronchiolitis and alveolar ducts associated with chronic inflammation in the surrounding alveoli It is generally idiopathic but may occur during the resolution of viral or mycoplasmic pneumonia It is also associated with a variety of systemic illnesses and clinical settings Complete resolution occurs in 65–85 of patients treated with corticosteroid therapy and recurrence is not uncommon Although rapidly fatal BOOP is rare respiratory failure leading to death may occur in up to 5 of patients We describe a fatal case of BOOP suspicious for pneumonia in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis
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