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Idiopathic Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organising Pneumonia: The First Case That Was Diagnosed in Our Hospital

dc.contributor.authorFindik S.
dc.contributor.authorErkan M.L.
dc.contributor.authorYildiz L.
dc.contributor.authorUgurlu D.
dc.contributor.authorCakir M.
dc.contributor.authorDoru F.A.
dc.contributor.authorKandemir B.
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-21T09:16:06Z
dc.date.available2020-06-21T09:16:06Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.departmentOMÜen_US
dc.department-tempFindik, S., Ondokuz Mayis Universitesi, Tip Fakultesi, Gogus Hastaliklari Anabilim Dali, 55139 Kurupelit, Samsun, Turkey -- Erkan, M.L., Ondokuz Mayis Universitesi, Tip Fakultesi, Gogus Hastaliklari Anabilim Dali, 55139 Kurupelit, Samsun, Turkey -- Yildiz, L., Ondokuz Mayis Universitesi, Tip Fakultesi, Gogus Hastaliklari Anabilim Dali, 55139 Kurupelit, Samsun, Turkey -- Ugurlu, D., Ondokuz Mayis Universitesi, Tip Fakultesi, Gogus Hastaliklari Anabilim Dali, 55139 Kurupelit, Samsun, Turkey -- Cakir, M., Ondokuz Mayis Universitesi, Tip Fakultesi, Gogus Hastaliklari Anabilim Dali, 55139 Kurupelit, Samsun, Turkey -- Doru, F.A., Ondokuz Mayis Universitesi, Tip Fakultesi, Gogus Hastaliklari Anabilim Dali, 55139 Kurupelit, Samsun, Turkey -- Kandemir, B., Ondokuz Mayis Universitesi, Tip Fakultesi, Gogus Hastaliklari Anabilim Dali, 55139 Kurupelit, Samsun, Turkeyen_US
dc.description.abstractWe report the case of a woman who presented with progressive dyspnea, nonproductive cough and constitutional symptoms including weight loss, anorexia and malaise for six months. Physical examination revealed end-inspiratory crackles over both lungs. Chest-x-ray (CXR) and thorax computerised tomography (CT) revealed bilateral multiple alveolar opacities with air bronchograms. With transbronchoscopic lung biopsy, bronchiolitis obliterans organising pneumonia (BOOP) was the pathologic diagnosis. We could not find any underlying condition, that can cause BOOP, so classified as idiopathic. The patient rapidly responded to, both clinically and radiologically, steroid treatment within one month. This is the first case of idiopathic BOOP that was diagnosed in our hospital, and was considered worth reporting.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage152en_US
dc.identifier.issn1300-2996
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage148en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12712/2856
dc.identifier.volume16en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.journalOndokuz Mayis Universitesi Tip Dergisien_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectAir Bronchogramen_US
dc.subjectAlveolar Opacityen_US
dc.subjectIdiopathic BOOPen_US
dc.titleIdiopathic Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organising Pneumonia: The First Case That Was Diagnosed in Our Hospitalen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication

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