Vaping associated lung injury (EVALI) as an organizing pneumonia pattern- A case report

• Main Authors: Bhavin Jankharia, Sujeet Rajan, Bhoomi Angirish
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
• Series: Lung India
• Subjects: organizing pneumonia pattern; e-cigarette; vaping - associated lung injury
• Online Access: http://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2020;volume=37;issue=6;spage=533;epage=535;aulast=

Electronic cigarettes use or vaping is popular but has not been proven to be an innocuous substitute for traditional smoking. Several patterns of vaping-associated lung injuries have been reported. We report a case of a 43-year-old female patient, who presented with productive cough and an organizing pneumonia pattern on computed tomography (CT) scan. Recognizing the various CT scan patterns of vaping-associated lung injury is important to make a diagnosis because the cessation of vaping is an important step in the treatment.