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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Organizing Pneumonia (COP ... - Imaging: • CXR ... Organizing #Pneumonia #COP ... #BOOP #pulmonary ... #management
Crazy Paving is a combination of ground glass opacity with superimposed septal thickening (5).
It was first
Organizing pneumonia (COP ... /BOOP) - Infection ... Bronchoalveolarca (BAC) - Pulmonary ... AIP) #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CrazyPaving
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
content of the alveoli ... organizing pneumonia (OP ... OP is organizing ... called cryptogenic (COP ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
The lab-findings ... organizing pneumonia (OP ... also known as BOOP ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
of morphologic findings ... of NSIP, UIP, OP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
findings. ... between these chest ... Organizing pneumonia (OP ... filling of the alveoli ... #CXR #Lobar #Consolidation
On the left a patient with both septal thickening and ground glass opacity in a patchy
combination of findings ... organizing pneumonia (COP ... distress syndrome and pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #SeptalThickening
On the left a smoker with RB-ILD with subtle HRCT-findings.
The dominant pattern is ground glass opacification.
Additional
immunocompromised patient PCP ... would be on top ... probably would be pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #RBILD
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
Characteristic finding ... macrophages in alveolar ... Exclusion of other ILDs ... LDH • ↑ ESR, CRP ... #diagnosis #management