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Slow‐resolving pneumonia secondary to bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia
Author(s) -
Possamai C.,
Corbanese U.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1034/j.1399-6576.1999.430615.x
Subject(s) - medicine , bronchiolitis obliterans , bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia , pneumonia , cryptogenic organizing pneumonia , bronchiolitis , pneumonitis , intensive care medicine , lung , dermatology , respiratory system , lung transplantation
We report a case of slow‐resolving pneumonia secondary to bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) in a 73‐year‐old woman. Owing to a delayed diagnosis of BOOP, the clinical course was quite long.This syndrome is caused by a nonspecific inflammatory pneumonitis, either idiopathic or associated with infectious or irritant agents (or drugs). It generally presents as a flu‐like illness, followed by progressive dyspnea, cough, fever, and bilateral patchy alveolar infiltrates, and lasts several weeks. The diagnostic work‐up of slow‐resolving pneumonia is discussed.

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