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Case of Severe Treatment-Resistant Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia

Author(s) -

Domas Grigoravičius,

Edvardas Žurauskas,

Vygantas Gruslys,

Rolandas Zablockis,

Edvardas Danila

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

acta medica lituanica

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2029-4174

pISSN - 1392-0138

DOI - 10.15388/amed.2021.28.2.12

Subject(s) - prednisone , cryptogenic organizing pneumonia , medicine , interstitial pneumonia , acute respiratory failure , pneumonia , community acquired pneumonia , atypical pneumonia , respiratory failure , glucocorticoid , lung , mechanical ventilation

Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia is a rare interstitial lung disease with different onset of symptoms, which responds rapidly to glucocorticoid treatment. We present a case of cryptogenic organizing pneumonia which manifested as a progressive 3-year dyspnea that ultimately has led to acute respiratory failure. Moreover, treatment with prednisone for this patient exhibited slow onset of the effect.

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