Reversible airway-centred inflammation; computed tomography shows consolidations and bronchial wall thickening
Expansion
Cryptogenic Organising Pneumonia
Purpose
Often responds to corticosteroids
Clinical Context
Cryptogenic organising pneumonia (formerly bronchiolitis obliterans with pneumonia). Associated with drugs, infections, connective tissue disease. High-resolution computed tomography shows consolidations, bronchial involvement. Often steroid-responsive.
Related Terms
- Usual interstitial pneumonia
- Bronchiolitis
Key Points
- Cryptogenic organising pneumonia shows consolidations with bronchial involvement, tree-in-bud; mid or upper lobe; responds to steroids