Post-breast cancer radiotherapy bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia may occur in up to 2.3% of women. Cough and fever are common symptoms, and no symptoms occur in a quarter of patients.

Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP) is a rare lung condition affecting the small airways (bronchioles) and alveoli (tiny air sacs). It was previously known as idiopathic bronchiolitis obliterans ...

A hypogammaglobulinemia should be considered as one of the causes of secondary bronchiolitis obliterans organising pneumonia with repeated airway infections. A 49-year-old woman had been treated with ...

Bronchiolitis obliterans is one of these patterns 5. Clinically, bronchiolitis obliterans is a severe and rapidly progressive irreversible airflow obstruction that is sometimes associated with ELP.

5 CXR in bronchiolitis do not discriminate well between bronchiolitis and pneumonia, with a Canadian study, demonstrating that 133 CXRs need to be performed to find one alternative diagnosis. 6 In ...

The clinic is devoted to the care of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and other forms of interstitial lung disease, such as autoimmune-associated ILD, bronchiolitis obliterans ...

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Known explanation for interstitial lung disease other than IPF, including but not limited to radiation, drug toxicity, sarcoidosis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, bronchiolitis obliterans organizing ...

Post-radiotherapy bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia may occur in as many as 2.3% of women receiving radiation therapy for breast cancer. Cough and fever are common symptoms ...