title: A case of bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia associated with primary Sjögren's syndrome who died of superimposed diffuse alveolar damage.
abstract: Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) developed in association with primary Sjögren's syndrome in a 69-year-old female. She died of diffuse alveolar damage superimposed on BOOP in spite of corticosteroid therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Usui
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kimula
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kodaira
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takayama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kataoka
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001989:Bronchiolitis Obliterans / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000473:pathology; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed