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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Pneumonia (COP) ... Unknown • 6-7 cases ... Anti-dsDNA, ANCA COP ... Organizing #Pneumonia #COP ... BOOP #pulmonary #ILD
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Lung Diseases (ILD ... ILD caused by inhalation ... pneumonia (NSIP), Cryptogenic ... organizing pneumonia (COP ... differential #pulmonary #causes
On the left a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and bilateral peripheral consolidations as a result of
Patients with OP ... Radiology #CTChest #COP ... #Cryptogenic #Organizing ... RheumatoidArthritis #ILD
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... • Asthma • COPD ... Pneumonia • ARDS • COPD ... Interstitium • ILD ... #Causes
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... Exacerbation of COPD ... limitation (GOLD Ill ... newly diagnosed COPD ... MatthewHoMD #COPD
On the left a patient who complained of arthritic pain.

There are multiple small bilateral peripheral consolidations.
The
in the former case ... Radiology #CTChest #COP ... #Cryptogenic #Organizing ... #Pneumonia #ILD
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Impaired Diffusion: ILD ... pHTN, Advanced COPD ... Disease: Asthma, COPD ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
usually multiple ill-defined ... lobar pneumonia caused ... idiopathic it is called cryptogenic ... (COP). ... The old name is
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Acute and Chronic Causes ... Acute: Trauma, COPD ... Asthma attack, ILD ... Chronic: Asthma, COPD ... , CTEPH, ILD, Sarcoid
HRCT findings in OP
- Bilateral peripheral consolidations, sharply demarcated.
- Consolidations may be migratory.
- Lesions may show
HRCT findings in OP ... the diagnosis of cryptogenic ... Radiology #CTChest #COP ... #Cryptogenic #Organizing ... #Pneumonia #ILD