Fulminant respiratory failure and death in a patient with idiopathic bronchiolitis obliterans

M C Iannuzzi; D C Farhi; P D Bostrom; T L Petty; J H Fisher

Fulminant respiratory failure and death in a patient with idiopathic bronchiolitis obliterans

Arch Intern Med. 1985 Apr;145(4):733-4.

Authors

M C Iannuzzi, D C Farhi, P D Bostrom, T L Petty, J H Fisher

PMID: 3985736

Abstract

A middle-aged man with fulminant respiratory failure was found to have idiopathic bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia on lung biopsy specimen. His course was atypical in that it was not altered by steroid therapy and led to fulminant respiratory failure and death.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Bronchi / pathology
Bronchitis / complications*
Bronchitis / pathology
Connective Tissue / pathology
Humans
Lung / pathology
Male
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Fibrosis / pathology
Respiratory Insufficiency / etiology*
Respiratory Insufficiency / pathology