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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... consolidation and GG pattern ... other processes Workup ... strep, HIV • CTD workup ... Pulmonary lymphoma, Diffuse
Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage (DAH) Diagnosis Algorithm
- Hemoptysis, Alveolar Infiltrates and Anemia

BWH Medicine Residency @BrighamMedRes

#Diffuse #Alveolar #Hemorrhage
Diffuse Alveolar ... DAH) Diagnosis Algorithm ... Infiltrates and Anemia ... BrighamMedRes #Diffuse ... #Workup
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
content of the alveoli ... to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... lobar pneumonia caused ... called cryptogenic (COP
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Causes of Chronic ... • Asthma • COPD ... Distention Pulmonary Alveoli ... Pulmonary - Other • Anemia ... #Causes
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... EGPA • ESR and CRP ... alveolar hemorrhage ... (DAH) • Diffuse ... • IF staining patterns