Case Reports
March 30, 2005
Vol. 63 No. 1 (2005): Pulmonary series
https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2005.658

Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organising Pneumonia (BOOP) in a lung cancer patient after lobectomy

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Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing pneumonia (BOOP), Lung cancer, Thoracotomy
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S.W. Yan
Tuberculosis and Chest Unit, Grantham Hospital, Aberdeen, Hong Kong.
C.F. Wong
wongcf2001@yahoo.com.hk
Tuberculosis and Chest Unit, Grantham Hospital, Aberdeen, Hong Kong.
P.C. Wong
Tuberculosis and Chest Unit, Grantham Hospital, Aberdeen, Hong Kong.
C.F. Cheung
Department of Medicine and Geriatric, Tuen Mun Hospital, Tsing Chung Koon Road, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong.
A 79 year-old patient with lung cancer underwent a standard thoracotomy and lobectomy. Postoperatively, he developed low-grade fever and dyspnoea. Chest X-rays showed progressive lung infiltrates, which was subsequently diagnosed to be Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia (BOOP) by transbronchial lung biopsy. He responded well to corticosteroid therapy. The case report is followed by a brief discussion on BOOP in association with lung cancer and thoracotomy.

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“Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organising Pneumonia (BOOP) in a Lung Cancer Patient After Lobectomy”. 2005. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 63 (1). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2005.658.