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Update on cryptogenic organising pneumonia (idiopathic bronchiolitis obliterans organising pneumonia)

Author(s) -

J.F. Cordier

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

schweizerische medizinische wochenschrift

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 0036-7672

DOI - 10.4414/smw.2002.10015

Subject(s) - medicine , bronchiolitis obliterans , bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia , cryptogenic organizing pneumonia , connective tissue , pneumonia , context (archaeology) , interstitial pneumonia , intensive care medicine , bronchiolitis , pathology , immunology , lung , lung transplantation , virus , paleontology , biology

Organising pneumonia, defined by intraalveolar buds of connective tissue, may be a disorder secondary to a determined cause (infectious agents, drugs) or occurring in a specific context (as the connective tissue disorders). It may also be a cryptogenic interstitial pneumonia with characteristic clinical and imaging features and especially an excellent response to corticosteroids.

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