title: Rapidly-progressive bronchiolitis obliterans organising pneumonia.
abstract: Bronchiolitis obliterans organising pneumonia is a clinicopathological syndrome characterised by indolent course of flu-like illness followed by cough, dyspnoea and fever, and responds well to steroid treatment. We describe a 76-year-old woman who presented with a short three-day history and progressed rapidly to respiratory failure. She was successfully treated with high-dose steroids.
authors.affiliation: Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Aga Khan University Hospital, PO Box 3500, Stadium Road, Karachi 74800, Pakistan. javed.husain@aku.edu
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Husain
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Irfan
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Zubairi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Salahuddin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001706:Biopsy; D018549:Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D020551:Pulse Therapy, Drug; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D008775:Methylprednisolone