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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Pneumonia (COP) ... Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... - Imaging: • CXR ... Organizing #Pneumonia #COP ... #ILD #diagnosis
On the left a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and bilateral peripheral consolidations as a result of
Patients with OP ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #COP # ... Cryptogenic #Organizing ... RheumatoidArthritis #ILD
HRCT findings in OP
- Bilateral peripheral consolidations, sharply demarcated.
- Consolidations may be migratory.
- Lesions may show
HRCT findings in OP ... consolidations of OP ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #COP # ... #Pneumonia #ILD
On the left a patient who complained of arthritic pain.

There are multiple small bilateral peripheral consolidations.
The
multiple small bilateral ... #Clinical #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
organizing pneumonia (OP ... OP is organizing ... (COP). ... BOOP - Bronchiolitis ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
the differential diagnosis ... organizing pneumonia (OP ... also known as BOOP ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
citrullinated peptide (CCP ... elderly persons - CCP ... titer, ACE level, CXR ... ANAs • RF and CCP ... ANA and RF (if clinical