Diagnosis and treatment of cryptogenic organizing pneumonia in a child on ECMO

Criptogenic Organizing Pneumonia: A Case Report

“…In this case, due to the chronic respiratory symptoms the patient was approached for a chronic lung disease from the interstitial [9] sphere. There are isolated fulminant COP cases described that have come to require ventilation with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine as part of the treatment [10]. The BAL usually show an increase in the cellularity with predominance of lymphocytes and a slight elevation of neutrophils [11].…”

Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia: In the setting of Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis

“…Eric S. Mull DO 1,2 Sarah Cohen MD 1,2,3 Ashish George DO 1 Katelyn Krivchenia MD 1,2 Stephen Druhan MD 4 Peter B. BakerIII MD 5 Benjamin Kopp MD…”

“…However, when no cause is specifically identified, OP is classified as cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP), previously described as bronchiolitis obliterans with OP. 2 In COP, both genders are equally affected with the mean age of onset between 50 and 60 years old. The relative prevalence of COP is approximately twice as high in nonsmoking individuals when compared to those that smoke.…”

“…3 Symptoms typically present as a mild flu-like illness with cough, fever, malaise, and dyspnea with risk for rapid progression requiring invasive ventilation 4 or even extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. 2 However, symptoms can regress quickly with steroid therapy. Chest radiologic findings can be variable and laboratory evaluations nonspecific; a lung biopsy for histopathologic analysis is required to establish the definitive diagnosis.…”