• Am J Ther · Sep 2007

    Comparative Study

    Differences in treatment and in outcomes between idiopathic and secondary forms of organizing pneumonia.

    • Krishnamohan R Basarakodu, Wilbert S Aronow, Chandra K Nair, Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, Ashok Kondur, Hema Korlakunta, Sri Laxmi Valasareddi, Vincent Lem, and Dan Schuller.
    • Department of Medicine, Alegent Health Mercy Hospital, Council Bluffs, IA, USA.
    • Am J Ther. 2007 Sep 1; 14 (5): 422-6.

    AbstractOrganizing pneumonia is a major reparative response of the lung tissue to an acute injury and is a pathological hallmark of an entity called bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP). It can be idiopathic and called cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP) or be secondary to various conditions such as infections, drugs, connective tissue disorders, and radiation. Fifty-seven patients with pathologically confirmed BOOP were identified and were classified as having either COP or secondary BOOP on the basis of whether there was an identifiable cause. The two groups were compared for demographic, clinical, laboratory, radiological and treatment variables. Duration of treatment with corticosteroids was longer for patients with COP.

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