title: Nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease accompanied by organizing pneumonia.
abstract: We herein report our experience with patients who had nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease (NTM disease) accompanied by organizing pneumonia (OP). Out of 98 NTM disease patients who had undergone a biopsy or surgical resection, 11 patients had OP that was revealed histologically. After excluding six patients who had OP-related diseases (idiopathic interstitial pneumonia, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.), the remaining five patients were studied. Two of them (a 73-year-old man and a 66-year-old woman) showed common clinical feature: acute-onset symptoms of cough and fever, infiltrating shadows and dramatic improvement following treatment with a corticosteroid and anti-mycobacterial therapy. Our cases demonstrate that NTM disease is sometimes accompanied by OP histologically, and some such cases show common clinical features.
authors: Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Himeji Medical Center, Japan.
authors: Yasuharu
authors: Y
authors: Nakahara
authors: Yasutaka
authors: Y
authors: Oonishi
authors: Junji
authors: J
authors: Takiguchi
authors: Akie
authors: A
authors: Morimoto
authors: Katsunari
authors: K
authors: Matsuoka
authors: Naoko
authors: N
authors: Imanishi
authors: Takanori
authors: T
authors: Higashino
authors: Rokuro
authors: R
authors: Mimura
authors: Tetsuji
authors: T
authors: Kawamura
authors: Yoshiro
authors: Y
authors: Mochiduki
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000368:Aged; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000382:microbiology*; D003371:Cough / Q000150:complications; D018549:Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones