An unusual radiographic manifestation of bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia.
The typical radiographic manifestation of bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) is bilateral patchy airspace opacities. We present a case of a 52-year-old man with unusual radiographic manifestation of BOOP-diffuse nodularity. We present the x-ray and computed tomography figures with pathologic findings of this case to stress the notion that BOOP should not be omitted by the differential-diagnosis of patients presenting with diffuse nodular pattern on chest imaging.
Fruchter
Oren
O
Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Rambam Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, POB 9602, Haifa 31096, Israel. oren_md@inter.net.il
Solomonov
Anna
A
Guralnik
Ludmila
L
Naroditsky
Inna
I
Yigla
Mordechai
M
D001706:Biopsy; D018549:Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography
D005938:Glucocorticoids