Open AccessVaping associated lung injury (EVALI) as an organizing pneumonia pattern- A case report
Author(s) -
Bhavin Jankharia,
Sujeet Rajan,
Bhoomi Angirish
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_69_20
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , organizing pneumonia , lung , computed tomography , lung infection , radiology , intensive care medicine
Electronic cigarettes use or vaping is popular but has not been proven to be an innocuous substitute for traditional smoking. Several patterns of vaping-associated lung injuries have been reported. We report a case of a 43-year-old female patient, who presented with productive cough and an organizing pneumonia pattern on computed tomography (CT) scan. Recognizing the various CT scan patterns of vaping-associated lung injury is important to make a diagnosis because the cessation of vaping is an important step in the treatment.