Retrospective evaluation of patients with organizing pneumonia: is cryptogenic organizing pneumonia different from secondary organizing pneumonia?
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Cryptogenic and Secondary Organizing Pneumonia
Background Organizing pneumonia (OP) is a distinct clinical and pathologic entity. This condition can be cryptogenic (COP) or secondary to other known causes (secondary OP). In the present study, we reviewed the features associated with COP and secondary OP in patients from two teaching hospitals. Methods The medical records of 61 patients with biopsy-proven OP were retrospectively reviewed. Fo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Tuberkuloz ve Toraks
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0494-1373
DOI: 10.5578/tt.53938