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Unusual cause of bronchiolitis obliterans in an immunosuppressed patient Cover

Unusual cause of bronchiolitis obliterans in an immunosuppressed patient

Pneumologia
Volume 71 (2022): Issue 3 (October 2022)
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|May 2024

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Figure 1.

Chest X-ray aspect of multiple areas of condensation distributed diffusely bilaterally, normal costodiaphragmatic angles.
Chest X-ray aspect of multiple areas of condensation distributed diffusely bilaterally, normal costodiaphragmatic angles.

Figure 2.

CT scan of the chest aspect of micronodular and nodular lesions, some with the tendency of excavation and hydroaeric level present and a polyseptate lesion in the right lower lobe.
CT scan of the chest aspect of micronodular and nodular lesions, some with the tendency of excavation and hydroaeric level present and a polyseptate lesion in the right lower lobe.

Figure 3.

CT-guided transthoracic needle biopsy fragments from the pseudotumoral proliferation in the right lower lobe.
CT-guided transthoracic needle biopsy fragments from the pseudotumoral proliferation in the right lower lobe.

Figure 4.

Pulmonary parenchymal tissue structure altered by diffuse interstitial inflammatory infiltrate associated with ductal and endo-alveolar areas of fibro-granular proliferation (HE staining, x 200).
Pulmonary parenchymal tissue structure altered by diffuse interstitial inflammatory infiltrate associated with ductal and endo-alveolar areas of fibro-granular proliferation (HE staining, x 200).

Figure 5.

Multiple Masson bodies, difuse interstitial lymphocytic inflammatory infiltrate (HE staining, x 200).
Multiple Masson bodies, difuse interstitial lymphocytic inflammatory infiltrate (HE staining, x 200).

Figure 6.

CT scan of the chest highlighting the almost complete resolution of the nodular and micronodular lesions.
CT scan of the chest highlighting the almost complete resolution of the nodular and micronodular lesions.

Functional respiratory tests indicating lower values of FEV1, FVC and FEV1/FVC <70%_

Functional parameterNumerical value%
FVC3.28 L74.5
FEV12.23 L62.3
FEV1/FVC-68.16%
MEF501.67 L35.1
DLCO5.0850.3
KCOc0.9362.1
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pneum-2023-0031 | Journal eISSN: 2247-059X | Journal ISSN: 2067-2993
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Language: English
Page range: 108 - 112
Published on: May 2, 2024
Published by: Romanian Society of Pneumology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 times per year
Keywords:
organizing pneumonia,
areas of condensation,
Candida Albicans,
polyseptate lesions,
CT-guided transthoracic needle biopsy
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Clinical medicine, other,
Internal medicine,
Pneumology

© 2024 Ana-Lavinia Neacșu, Inna Dencheva Ruseva, Ionuț Hallabrin, Cătălina Ene, Diana Leonte, Claudia Toma, published by Romanian Society of Pneumology
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