CT-guided biopsy of peripheral lung lesions associated with BOOP.
Diagnosis of Bronchitis Obliterans with Organizing Pneumonia (BOOP), has been carried out thus far by open lung biopsy, or by transbronchial biopsy. We report a patient who presented with fever, cough and dyspnea. A transthoracic CT-guided biopsy of a peripheral lesion resulted in the diagnosis of BOOP. The histological findings were also confirmed by a transbronchial biopsy. It is suggested that transthoracic CT-guided biopsy should be considered for the evaluation of peripheral lung lesion compatible with BOOP.
Haviv
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Division of Medicine, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Breuer
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Sviri
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Libson
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Safadi
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D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D018549:Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D010996:Pleural Effusion; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D006854:Hydrocortisone