Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia as a manifestation of AIDS: case report and literature review.
Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) is a disease of the small airways characterized by intraluminal polyps of myxoid connective tissue. Although various infectious and non-infectious agents have been implicated as possible precipitants of BOOP, the concomitant occurrence of BOOP with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has rarely been described. We describe a unique case in which BOOP was a presenting feature in a patient with newly diagnosed AIDS, and we review the literature of BOOP occurring in the setting of HIV infection.
Khater
Fares J
FJ
Medical Service, James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Mountain Home, TN 37684, USA.
Moorman
Jonathan P
JP
Myers
James W
JW
Youngberg
George
G
Sarubbi
Fehso A
FA
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D018549:Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged