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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Cryptogenic Organizing ... of interstitial lung ... Unknown • 6-7 cases ... Diagnosis: • Lung ... #ILD #diagnosis
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
ILD caused by inhalation ... pneumonia (NSIP), Cryptogenic ... organizing pneumonia ... (COP), Respiratory ... differential #pulmonary #causes
On the left a patient who complained of arthritic pain.

There are multiple small bilateral peripheral consolidations.
The
in the former case ... this was also organizing ... Radiology #CTChest #COP ... #Cryptogenic #Organizing ... #Pneumonia #ILD
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
responses of the lung ... indicates unknown cause ... idiopathic or cryptogenic ... of NSIP, UIP, OP ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD