title: CT-guided biopsy of peripheral lung lesions associated with BOOP.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medicine, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Haviv
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Breuer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sviri
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Libson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Safadi
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D006854:Hydrocortisone