| Literature DB >> 21691403 |
Antonios Kopanakis1, Christos Golias, George Pantentalakis, Michalis Patentalakis, Charalampos Mermigkis, Christos Mermigkis, Alexandros Charalabopoulos, Dimitrios Peschos, Anna Batistatou, Konstantinos Charalabopoulos.
Abstract
A 58-year-old male ex-smoker was admitted to hospital because of nodular infiltrates on chest x rays. He was complaining of fatigue, dyspnoea with exertion, low grade fever and weight loss. Physical examination was unremarkable. Bronchoscopy was inconclusive but revealed endobronchial lesions of chronic active inflammation. The diagnosis of cryptogenic organising pneumonitis bronchiolitis obliterans-organising pneumonia (COP-BOOP) was established by open lung biopsy. Proliferative bronchiolitis with regions of organising pneumonia is the characteristic feature of COP. The radiological picture of bilateral pulmonary nodules is an infrequent manifestation of COP. Lung biopsy, open or with video assistance thoracic surgery, is recommended to confirm the diagnosis.Entities:
Year: 2009 PMID： 21691403 PMCID： PMC3030000 DOI： 10.1136/bcr.08.2008.0809
Source DB: PubMed Journal: BMJ Case Rep ISSN： 1757-790X