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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
cough, dyspnea, fever ... • HRCT: patchy consolidation ... , Pulmonary lymphoma ... #COP #BOOP #pulmonary ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Travelers from ... , acute HIV infection ... Cough, dyspnea - Pneumonia ... melioidosis, typhoid, pulmonary ... , Lassa fever, acute
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
considered, like acute ... Lobar pneumonia ... with cough and fever ... (OP) - multiple ... disease, that is so
Non-Resolving Pneumonias: Etiologies
Unusual Infections:
 - Immunocompromised patients (e.g.: Mycobacterium, Aspergillosis, Nocardia)
 - Endemic Fungi (e.g.: Histoplasmosis,
Non-Resolving Pneumonias ... psittaci/avian, leptospirosis ... yersinia/rats, Q fever ... ) - Returning travelers ... Eosinophilic PNA (acute
Eosinophilic Pneumonia
When to suspect Eosinophilic Pneumonia? Non-resolving pneumonia + BAL > 25% eosinophils + excluded more
common diagnoses Acute ... tobacco hx - Fever ... (CEP) - F>M (2 ... - Progressive SOB ... - Peripheral Consolidations
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
differentiate between acute ... (OP) or chronic ... granulomatous noduli are so ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #Acute #Chronic
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
Lung Diseases • Acute ... Eosinophilic Pneumonia ... Fungal, parasites; Travel ... similar to AEP or CEP ... Lung #Diseases #pulmonary
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Stable Angina • Acute ... • Asthma • COPD ... Alveoli • Pneumonia ... • ARDS • COPD
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
Algorithm STEMI ... Limb ischemia Pulmonary ... friction rub, Fever ... Pneumothorax: - Hx: Acute ... , Dyspnea, H/O COPD
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
/SYMPTOMS: • Acute ... Cough, dyspnea, fever ... TylerLarsenMD #COP ... #diagnosis #management ... #pulmonary