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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
pneumonia • formerly BOOP ... - Imaging: • CXR ... #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis ... #management
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
lobar pneumonia caused ... OP is organizing ... BOOP - Bronchiolitis ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
masses. ... The lab-findings ... pneumonia (OP) ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral
On the left a patient who complained of arthritic pain.

There are multiple small bilateral peripheral consolidations.
The
The findings in ... in the former case ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #COP # ... #Pneumonia #ILD
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
findings. ... between these chest ... Organizing pneumonia ... (OP) - multiple ... #CXR #Lobar #Consolidation
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
indicates unknown cause ... of NSIP, UIP, OP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Characteristic finding ... Exclude other causes ... Exclusion of other ILDs ... and confirmatory findings ... #diagnosis #management
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
A 39-year-old ... physical exam findings ... x-ray (CXR), try ... not seen on a CXR ... #Radiology #CTChest