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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Pneumonia (COP) ... Cryptogenic ... Anti-dsDNA, ANCA COP ... Organizing #Pneumonia #COP ... BOOP #pulmonary #ILD
Central distribution is seen in sarcoidosis and cardiogenic pulmonary edema.
Peripheral distribution is mainly seen in cryptogenic
mainly seen in cryptogenic ... organizing pneumonia (COP ... HRCT #ChestCT #Differential
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Lung Diseases (ILD ... Exposure-Related ILD ... pneumonia (NSIP), Cryptogenic ... organizing pneumonia (COP ... #diagnosis #differential
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 Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Thrombocytosis - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Inflammatory: • IBD ... Damage: • Post-op ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
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
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... to think of the differential ... idiopathic it is called cryptogenic ... (COP). ... Diffuse #Multifocal #Differential
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Disease: Asthma, COPD ... Autoimmune Vasculitis, ILD ... Acute #Chronic #Differential ... #Algorithm
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
Fatigue and IBD ... Algorithm • 40- ... Receptor (sTfR) to differentiate ... modifications Algorithm ... #Algorithm #diagnosis
On the left a patient who complained of arthritic pain.

There are multiple small bilateral peripheral consolidations.
The
Radiology #CTChest #COP ... #Cryptogenic #Organizing ... #Pneumonia #ILD