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| In patients with typical clinical and radiographic features, a transbronchial biopsy that shows the pathologic pattern of organizing pneumonia and lacks features of an alternative diagnosis is adequate to make a tentative diagnosis and start therapy. On surgical lung biopsy, the histopathologic pattern is organizing pneumonia with preserved lung architecture; this pattern is not exclusive to BOOP and must be interpreted in the clinical context. Most patients recover with corticosteroid therapy. A standardized approach to dosing starting at 0.75 mg/kg and weaning over 24 weeks has been shown to reduce total corticosteroid exposure without affecting outcome.
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Revision as of 14:42, 24 September 2012
Template:Cryptogenic organizing pneumonitis
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Symptoms
- Cough
- Dyspnea
- Influenza-like symptoms
- Febrile illness
- Widespread crackles
- Mild resting hypoxemia
References