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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Cryptogenic Organizing ... Pneumonia (COP) ... Unknown • 6-7 cases ... Anti-dsDNA, ANCA COP ... #COP #BOOP #pulmonary
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP) - Summary

Andrew Sanchez M.D. @ASanchez_PS

#Cryptogenic #Organizing #Pneumonia #COP #pulmonary #diagnosis
Cryptogenic Organizing ... Pneumonia (COP) ... ASanchez_PS #Cryptogenic ... #Organizing #Pneumonia ... #COP #pulmonary
Central distribution is seen in sarcoidosis and cardiogenic pulmonary edema.
Peripheral distribution is mainly seen in cryptogenic
mainly seen in cryptogenic ... organizing pneumonia ... (COP), chronic
On the left a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and bilateral peripheral consolidations as a result of
as a result of organizing ... Patients with OP ... Radiology #CTChest #COP ... #Cryptogenic #Organizing
High Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Non specific interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP): ground glass with traction bronchiectasis, no
Cryptogenic organizing ... pneumonia (COP) ... COP.
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
Cryptogenic Organizing ... diagnosis + path w/ organizing ... No secondary OP ... TylerLarsenMD #COP ... #Cryptogenic #Organizing
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
lobar pneumonia caused ... Other examples are organizing ... OP is organizing ... idiopathic it is called cryptogenic ... (COP).
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
HRCT findings in OP
- Bilateral peripheral consolidations, sharply demarcated.
- Consolidations may be migratory.
- Lesions may show
HRCT findings in OP ... the diagnosis of cryptogenic ... organizing pneumonia ... Radiology #CTChest #COP ... #Cryptogenic #Organizing
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