title: [A case of bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) showing acute respiratory failure treated with a mechanical ventilator].
abstract: Three weeks prior to admission, cough and dyspnea developed in a 49-year-old man and progressed to acute respiratory failure. The patient was treated with a mechanical ventilator. Open lung biopsy revealed diagnosis of BOOP. With corticosteroid therapy, the patient recovered dramatically.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonology, Kumamoto Chuo Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kiyama
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fujino
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshinaga
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Etoh
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kinuwaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Otsuka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Izumi
mesh_terms: D001989:Bronchiolitis Obliterans / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000628:therapy*