Investigative radiology
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Investigative radiology · May 1996
Distribution pattern of computed tomography findings in patients with bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia.
The authors evaluated high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) findings in 15 patients with biopsy-proven bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP). Special attention was paid to lobar distribution to establish a predominant distribution pattern for this disease. ⋯ Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia presents a predominant peripheral, bilateral, and nonsegmental distribution, with the lower and middle lobes affected more than the upper lobes.