Acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia

A 45-year-old man presented with malaise, arthralgia, and dyspnea. The chest CT scan showed bilateral patchy consolidation in the lower lobes. A lung biopsy revealed intra-alveolar fibrin “balls” deposits and focal features of organizing pneumonia, both of which are typical pathological features of...

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Autores principales: Al-Khouzaie, Thamer H., Dawamneh, Mohamad F., Hazmi, Albader M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6078531/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23793436
http://dx.doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.2013.301
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Sumario:A 45-year-old man presented with malaise, arthralgia, and dyspnea. The chest CT scan showed bilateral patchy consolidation in the lower lobes. A lung biopsy revealed intra-alveolar fibrin “balls” deposits and focal features of organizing pneumonia, both of which are typical pathological features of acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia (AFOP). The patient had a good clinical course after treatment with prednisone. We report this case of idiopathic AFOP and review the published studies on this newly recognized clinicopathological entity that is still underdiagnosed and underreported.

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