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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Pneumonia (COP) ... - Imaging: • CXR ... Anti-dsDNA, ANCA COP ... #Pneumonia #COP ... #management
On the left a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and bilateral peripheral consolidations as a result of
bilateral peripheral consolidations ... Patients with OP ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #COP # ... RheumatoidArthritis #ILD
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
pneumonia (OP) ... OP is organizing ... called cryptogenic (COP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
HRCT findings in OP
- Bilateral peripheral consolidations, sharply demarcated.
- Consolidations may be migratory.
- Lesions may show
HRCT findings in OP ... of OP. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #COP # ... #Pneumonia #ILD
High Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Non specific interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP): ground glass with traction bronchiectasis, no
Cryptogenic organizing ... pneumonia (COP) ... Sarcoidosis end-stage: consolidation ... COP. ... #HRCT #CTChest
On the left a patient who complained of arthritic pain.

There are multiple small bilateral peripheral consolidations.
The
bilateral peripheral consolidations ... this was also organizing ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #COP # ... #Pneumonia #ILD
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
patterns on a chest ... - Multifocal ill-defined ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Consolidation
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
between these chest ... Pulmonary hemorrhage ... Organizing pneumonia ... (OP) - multiple ... #CXR #Lobar #Consolidation
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
and chronic consolidation ... diseases like organizing ... pneumonia (OP) ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
with multifocal consolidations ... pneumonia (OP) ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral ... #Distribution #Organizing