Zhen Huo1, Ruie Feng1, Xinlun Tian2, Haibo Zhang3, Li Huo4, Hongrui Liu1. 1. Department of Pathology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College Beijing 100730, China. 2. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College Beijing 100730, China. 3. Department of Radiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College Beijing 100730, China. 4. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College Beijing 100730, China.
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Focal organizing pneumonia (FOP) is an uncommon disease. The etiology, and in particular the disease's relationship with infection and the incidence of idiopathic FOP, is relatively unknown. The aim of this study is to review clinical, radiological and pathological features of patients with organizing pneumonia (OP) presenting solitary lesions and to analyze possible causes. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 37 surgical lung biopsy or resection cases of pathologically confirmed FOP over a period of 10 years. RESULTS: Microscopically, 17 cases showed OP with neutrophilic infiltration or abscess, 11 with epithelioid cell granulomas or scattered multinucleated giant cells, 2 with greater eosinophilic infiltration, and the remaining 7 cases met the diagnostic criteria for pathological cryptogenic OP (COP). The 37 cases of FOP included 22 men and 15 women, aged 29-76 years, and 17 cases had a history of smoking. Cough, fever, sputum, chest or back pain and hemoptysis were the main symptoms. Seven cases were asymptomatic. The diameters of the lesions ranged from 0.2-6.0 cm (median, 3.0 cm). Fever (9/30), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein elevation (9/17) and abnormalities in pulmonary function test (8/24) existed in focal secondary OP (FSOP) patients, but these symptoms were rarely observed in focal COP (FCOP) (0/7, 1/7 and 0/7 cases, respectively). However, no statistically significant differences were found between the FSOP and FCOP. CONCLUSIONS: Histologically, secondary factors exist in the majority of FOP cases. Idiopathic FOP is found in a minority. With respect to secondary FOP, acute infection and granulomatous inflammation are the main causes. Surgical resection alone appears sufficient for the management of FOP.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Focal organizing pneumonia (FOP) is an uncommon disease. The etiology, and in particular the disease's relationship with infection and the incidence of idiopathic FOP, is relatively unknown. The aim of this study is to review clinical, radiological and pathological features of patients with organizing pneumonia (OP) presenting solitary lesions and to analyze possible causes. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 37 surgical lung biopsy or resection cases of pathologically confirmed FOP over a period of 10 years. RESULTS: Microscopically, 17 cases showed OP with neutrophilic infiltration or abscess, 11 with epithelioid cell granulomas or scattered multinucleated giant cells, 2 with greater eosinophilic infiltration, and the remaining 7 cases met the diagnostic criteria for pathological cryptogenic OP (COP). The 37 cases of FOP included 22 men and 15 women, aged 29-76 years, and 17 cases had a history of smoking. Cough, fever, sputum, chest or back pain and hemoptysis were the main symptoms. Seven cases were asymptomatic. The diameters of the lesions ranged from 0.2-6.0 cm (median, 3.0 cm). Fever (9/30), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein elevation (9/17) and abnormalities in pulmonary function test (8/24) existed in focal secondary OP (FSOP) patients, but these symptoms were rarely observed in focal COP (FCOP) (0/7, 1/7 and 0/7 cases, respectively). However, no statistically significant differences were found between the FSOP and FCOP. CONCLUSIONS: Histologically, secondary factors exist in the majority of FOP cases. Idiopathic FOP is found in a minority. With respect to secondary FOP, acute infection and granulomatous inflammation are the main causes. Surgical resection alone appears sufficient for the management of FOP.
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