ATOLL SIGN IN CRYPTOGENIC ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2019, Vol 6, Issue 1
Abstract
BACKGROUND Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP) is one of the major idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP) according to revised American Thoracic Society/ European Respiratory Society (ATS/ERS) classification of IIP. 1 Clinically, these patients present mainly with cough and dyspnoea on exertion. However, patients presenting with haemoptysis is very rare. COP has a wide range of radiological manifestations ranging from peripheral consolidation to very rarely nodular opacities. Hereby, we are presenting a prototypical case of COP presenting with a classical Atoll sign.
Authors and Affiliations
Dharani M, Ketaki Utpat, Unnati Desai, Jyotsna Joshi
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