An unusual case of bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia concomitant with bronchioloalveolar carcinoma

Respiration. 2004 Jan-Feb;71(1):95-7. doi: 10.1159/000075658.

Abstract

Although bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) has been associated with a variety of underlying disorders, the majority of cases of BOOP are idiopathic. We present the case of a 61-year-old patient with fever, dry cough, bilateral patchy consolidation and high erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Open lung biopsy shows coexistence of BOOP and bronchioloalveolar carcinoma. It is interesting that both diseases are predominantly air space diseases and present similar radiologic features making the diagnosis and follow-up of treatment more difficult.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar / complications*
  • Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar / drug therapy
  • Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar / pathology*
  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / administration & dosage
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia / complications*
  • Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia / drug therapy
  • Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia / pathology*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Lung Neoplasms / complications*
  • Lung Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Risk Assessment
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones