[A case of atypical cryptogenic organising pneumonitis during pregnancy].
Cryptogenic organising pneumonitis (COP) is now a well defined clinico-pathological entity. It may be idiopathic or secondary to infection, a drug reaction or a connective tissue disorder. Corticosteroid treatment is remarkably effective. We describe a case of COP occurring during the course of an acute respiratory distress syndrome in a pregnant woman. The unusual association of blood and pulmonary eosinophilia leads us to envisage a borderline form of COP and eosinophilic pneumonitis. Other unusual features were the poor response to steroids and the rapid improvement following death of the foetus.
Adoun
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Service de pneumologie, Hôpital Jean Bernard, Poitiers, France.
Ferrand
E
E
Hira
M
M
Levillain
P
P
Corbi
P
P
Meurice
J C
JC
Pourrat
O
O
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D011657:Pulmonary Eosinophilia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D013256:Steroids / Q000627:therapeutic use
D013256:Steroids