Discussion
Diagnosis With Brief Discussion
- Diagnosis
- Unilateral BOOP(COP)
- Radiologic Findings
- Figs 1. Chest PA shows patchy increased opacity looks like ground glass opacity at Lt mid and lower lung zone.
Fig 2-3. Localized ground glass opacities with interstitial thickening are noted at LUL lingular segment and LLL basal segment on lung window setting images.
Mediastinal window images show several enlarged lymph nodes of mediastinum and hilum.
- Brief Review
- Three major radiographic patterns in patients with BOOP were reported. Multiple sites of patchy pulmonary involvement of the pneumonia type localized pulmonary involvement manifesting as focal consolidation or solitary nodule or mass, diffuse peripheral subpleural type.
Boop traditionally presents as a bilateral pulmonary disease. Unilateral BOOP is interesting and should be differentiated from unilateral pulmonary disease including neoplasm such as BAC or BALTOMA. Therefore, it is important to obtain a lung biopsy for confirmation
- References
- 1.Bartter T, Irwin RS, Nash G, Balikian JP, Hollingsworth HH. Idiopathic bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia with peripheral infiltrates on chest roentgenogram. Arch Intern Med 1989; 149: 273-279.
2.Kanwar BA, Shehan CJ, Campbell JC, Dewan N, O묭onohue WJ Jr. A case of unilateral bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP). Nebraska Medical Journal 1996; 81: 149-151.
3.Lombard C, Yousem SA, Kitaichi M, Colby TV, editors. Atlas of pulmonary surgical pathology. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company; 1991:356?9.
- Keywords
- Lung, Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia, IIP,