title: [Dyspnea and weight loss in a 70-year-old man].
abstract: A 70-year-old man presented with subacute dyspnea, cough, weight loss, and mild fever. Blood analysis revealed an elevated C-reactive protein level. Chest x-ray and CT of the chest showed alveolar opacities with a migratory tendency during the clinical course. After extensive diagnostics, treatment with prednisolone under the presumed diagnosis of a cryptogenic organizing pneumonia was started, which lead to a rapid clinical response.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Knappschaftskrankenhaus, In der Schornau 23-25, 44892 Bochum, Deutschland. deepak_v@web.de
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Vangala
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schmiegel
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Pox
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018549:Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015431:Weight Loss
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D011239:Prednisolone