• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제84권3호
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• pp.171-175
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• 2021

Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP) is a type of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia with an acute or subacute clinical course. Bilateral lung consolidations located in the subpleural area and bronchovascular bundle are the most common findings on chest high-resolution computed tomography. The pathologic manifestations include granulation tissue in the alveoli, alveolar ducts, and bronchioles. COP responds fairly well to glucocorticoid monotherapy with rapid clinical improvement, but recurrence is common. However, treatment with combined immunosuppressant agents is not recommended, even if the COP patient does not respond to glucocorticoid monotherapy with expert opinion.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.129-144
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• 2003

Usual interstitial pneumonia/Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, nonspecific interstitial pneumonia, Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia(bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia : BOOP), Acute interstitial pneumonia, respiratory bronchiolitis-associated interstitial lung disease, Desquamative interstitial pneumonia, Lymphoid interstitial pneumonia.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제78권4호
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• pp.401-407
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• 2015

Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP) is an idiopathic interstitial pneumonia characterized by a subacute course and favorable prognosis with corticosteroids. However, some patients show resistance to steroids. Macrolides have been used with success in those patients showing resistance to steroids. A few reports showed treatment failure with macrolides in patients with COP who were resistant to steroids. In this report, we described two cases of COP who showed different responses to clarithromycin. One recovered completely, but the other gradually showed lung fibrosis with clarithromycin.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제78권4호
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• pp.469-472
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• 2015

Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP) is an inflammatory lung disease involving the distal bronchioles, respiratory bronchioles, bronchiolar ducts, and alveolae. The etiology is usually unknown; however, there are several known causes and associated systemic diseases. Corticosteroid therapy is the best treatment option and the prognosis of COP is good, with recovery in up to 80% of patients. We described a patient with in-operable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) undergoing chemoembolization with doxorubicin in a drug-eluting bead (DEB). COP developed in the patient after chemoembolization but resolved spontaneously in several months.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제58권4호
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• pp.330-343
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• 2005

특발성 간질성 폐렴은 폐포보다는 폐간질을 주로 침범하는 미만성 염증성 섬유화 병변으로 병변의 분류에 임상적 및 병리학적으로 많은 혼동과 변화를 겪어왔다. 최근에는 미국흉부학회와 유럽호흡기학회의 공동 모임에서 이 질환 군에 해당되는 모든 임상과들이 모여서 7가지의 병변으로 재분류 하였는데, 이는 Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Nonspecific interstitial pneumonia, Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia, Acute interstitial pneumonia, Respiratory bronchiolitis interstitial lung disease, Desquamative interstitial pneumonia, Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia 등이다. 이에 저자는 최근 분류에 의한 특발성 간질성 폐렴의 7가지 병변을 영상 소견을 중심으로 기술하고자 한다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제77권6호
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• pp.262-265
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• 2014

The combination chemotherapy of irinotecan with 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin (FOLFIRI regimen) was recently proven to be beneficial in patients with advanced colorectal cancer. Pulmonary toxicity is very rare in adverse effects of irinotecan. No case of organizing pneumonia (also known as bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia) associated with FOLFIRI chemotherapy has been reported. We experienced a case of a 62-year-old man who presented persistent dry cough and progressive dyspnea after receiving chemotherapy with FOLFIRI regimen. After surgical lung biopsy, the patient was diagnosed with FOLFIRI chemotherapy-induced organizing pneumonia which was successfully treated with steroid therapy.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.117-123
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• 2008

Dermatomyositis is characterized by progressive, symmetric, proximal muscle weakness and a nonsuppurative inflammatory myopathy of unknown etiology involving predominantly skeletal muscles. It is also characterized by typical skin lesions. Interstitial lung disease has a poor prognosis when it is associated with dermatomyositis. Organizing pneumonia is a disease in which granulation tissue fills the lumina of terminal and respiratory bronchioles and extends into the distal airspaces. The cryptogenic nature of the process is appreciated in that organizing pneumonia patterns of injury can be seen in secondary forms of the disease (secondary organizing pneumonia). Organizing pneumonia has been reported to occur in 5~10% in dermatomyositis-polymyositis patients. Anti-histidyl tRNA synthetase antibody (anti-Jo-1) is a predictive disease marker that is reported to occur in up to 70% of patients. We describe a 49-year-old male dermatomyositis patient who presented with organizing pneumonia and was found to have negative anti-Jo-1 antibody.

• 한국임상약학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.195-197
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• 2017

A 74-year-old man suffering from cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (OP) visited our department with arthralgia accompanied with partial swellings of proximal interphalangeal and metacarpophalangeal joints with morning stiffness. A diagnose of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was made. It was thought that OP was associated with RA. We initiated a treatment with salazosulfapyridine and loxoprofen for RA. Although this treatment was effective, it was discontinued due to the development of drug eruption. As an alternative, the patient was treated with prednisolone (PSL) and clarithromycin (CAM). This treatment demonstrated being effective for OP and RA, to a certain extent; however, the RA activity was not completely suppressed. In order to suppress the RA activity further, tacrolimus (TAC) was successfully added with increasing the dosage of CAM that is assumed to raise blood TAC concentrations. The present case shows that treatment with PSL, CAM and TAC may be effective in some cases of RA.

• 대한영상의학회지
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• 제83권2호
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• pp.378-386
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• 2022

Coronavirus disease 2019 (이하 COVID-19)의 대유행이 지속됨에 따라 COVID-19 감염에서 회복된 환자들의 후유증과 치료에 많은 관심이 발생하고 있다. COVID-19의 장기적인 후유증은 아직 알려지지 않았지만, 최근 발표된 문헌에 따르면 일부 환자들은 퇴원 후에도 증상이 지속되며 영상의학적 이상 소견을 보였다. 우리는 COVID-19 회복 후에 지속적인 호흡곤란이 있던 네 명의 환자들 증례에서 폐 섬유화 또는 기질화 폐렴 패턴을 나타내는 폐 후유증을 보고하고자 한다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제67권1호
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• pp.37-41
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• 2009

LIP는 매우 드문 간질성 폐질환의 일종으로 비특이적인 방사선학적 소견으로 보이므로 타 간질성 폐질환과의 감별을 위해서는 반드시 개흉 폐생검을 하여야 한다. 또한 LIP 진단 후 다른 자가 면역 질환 및 감염의 확인이 치료방향의 결정에 있어 필요하며 폐섬유화 및 폐성심으로의 진행을 막기 위해서 조기에 적극적인 폐생검을 시행하여 적극적인 치료를 시작하여야 한다. 또한 일부 악성 림프종으로의 진행도 보고 되고 있어 정기적인 추적 검사가 필요하다. 저자들은 1개월 간의 기침과 운동 시 호흡곤란으로 내원하여 개흉 폐생검 결과 LIP로 진단 후 스테로이드 치료로 호전된 1예를 경험하였기에 관련 문헌고찰과 함께 보고한다.