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Preferred term

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • BOOP Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia
  • Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia
  • Organizing Pneumonia, Primary
  • Organizing Pneumonias, Primary
  • Pneumonia, Primary Organizing
  • Primary Organizing Pneumonia
  • Primary Organizing Pneumonias

Note

  • note entry term BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA: do not confuse with BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS

Scope note

  • An interstitial lung disease of unknown etiology, occurring between 21-80 years of age. It is characterized by a dramatic onset of a "pneumonia-like" illness with cough, fever, malaise, fatigue, and weight loss. Pathological features include prominent interstitial inflammation without collagen fibrosis, diffuse fibroblastic foci, and no microscopic honeycomb change. There is excessive proliferation of granulation tissue within small airways and alveolar ducts.

History note

  • 2009 (1995)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018549

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