Severe BOOP

BOOP: what is old, what is new?

Clinical features of BOOP in Japan.

was established by Epler et al’ in 1985 as a new entity with unknown etiology and relatively good prognosis. They analyzed 2,500 open lung biopsy specimens and distinguished the entity among those previously diagnosed as usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP)2 due to histopathologic similarity. Recently, 29 cases of BOOP diagnosed by open lung biopsy specimen, were gathered through nationwide surve...

A Case of BOOP Developed during Bucillamine Treatment for Rheumatoid

We describe a patient with rheumatoid arthritis(RA) who developed bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia(BOOP) during the treatment of bucillamine. A 51 year-old man was admitted to the hospital for an abnormal shadow on his chest radiograph. He had been diagnosed as having RA 3 years previously and had been receiving 200 mg of bucillamine for 21 months. Two months prior to admission, he...

BOOP presenting with haemoptysis and multiple cavitary nodules.

A 47 year old woman developed idiopathic bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) presenting with haemoptysis and diffuse multiple cavitary nodules. The disease was histologically confirmed by open lung biopsy after other entities had been excluded. The patient responded to a course of corticosteroids. This BOOP should be added to the list of diseases with multiple cavitary nodules.

Bronchiolitis obliterans and BOOP: what relevance in pediatric?