[A case of bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) showing acute respiratory failure treated with a mechanical ventilator].
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.
Kiyama
T
T
Department of Pulmonology, Kumamoto Chuo Hospital, Japan.
Fujino
N
N
Yoshinaga
T
T
Etoh
Y
Y
Kinuwaki
E
E
Otsuka
Y
Y
Izumi
K
K
D001989:Bronchiolitis Obliterans / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000628:therapy*