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17117329

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-11-22
pubmed:abstractText
The term Acute Fibrinous and Organizing Pneumonia (AFOP) has been proposed by Beasley et al for cases that do not fit into the histopathologic criteria of the recognized entities described as acute or subacute clinical presentations. The presence of intra-alveolar fibrin in the form of fibrin "balls" and organizing pneumonia with patchy distribution are the main histological features of this entity. We describe the case of a male patient with the diagnostic of AFOP made by surgical lung biopsy. He had a subacute presentation of symptoms consisting of productive cough, chest pain and fever. Bilateral infiltrates with patchy and diffuse distribution were the predominant features in his chest HRCT scan. The patient had a good clinical course after a treatment with prednisone and cyclophosphamide. Our hope in reporting this case study is to add some more data to the discussion of this new entity.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0873-2159
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
615-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia.
pubmed:affiliation
Interna Complementar de Pneumologia, Hospital de São João, EPE, Porto.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports