Empiric Treatment of Focal Organizing Pneumonia in a Patient with a Low-Risk Lung Mass
The authors present a case of a 57-year-old man presenting with a solitary lung mass. Transbronchial biopsy showed an organizing pneumonia pattern. A therapeutic trial of corticosteroids resulted in complete resolution avoiding surgery. The authors discuss the diagnosis of focal organizing pneumonia...
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| author | Mir Alikhan Srihari Veeraraghavan |
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| description | The authors present a case of a 57-year-old man presenting with a solitary lung mass. Transbronchial biopsy showed an organizing pneumonia pattern. A therapeutic trial of corticosteroids resulted in complete resolution avoiding surgery. The authors discuss the diagnosis of focal organizing pneumonia without surgical resection. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e49160bd2ee64efba7278e9d695b26bc2025-08-20T03:26:26ZengWileyCase Reports in Pulmonology2090-68462090-68542013-01-01201310.1155/2013/340202340202Empiric Treatment of Focal Organizing Pneumonia in a Patient with a Low-Risk Lung MassMir Alikhan0Srihari Veeraraghavan1Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, 615 Michael Street, Suite 205, Atlanta, GA 30322, USADivision of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, 615 Michael Street, Suite 205, Atlanta, GA 30322, USAThe authors present a case of a 57-year-old man presenting with a solitary lung mass. Transbronchial biopsy showed an organizing pneumonia pattern. A therapeutic trial of corticosteroids resulted in complete resolution avoiding surgery. The authors discuss the diagnosis of focal organizing pneumonia without surgical resection.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/340202 |
| spellingShingle | Mir Alikhan Srihari Veeraraghavan Empiric Treatment of Focal Organizing Pneumonia in a Patient with a Low-Risk Lung Mass |
| title | Empiric Treatment of Focal Organizing Pneumonia in a Patient with a Low-Risk Lung Mass |
| title_full | Empiric Treatment of Focal Organizing Pneumonia in a Patient with a Low-Risk Lung Mass |
| title_fullStr | Empiric Treatment of Focal Organizing Pneumonia in a Patient with a Low-Risk Lung Mass |
| title_full_unstemmed | Empiric Treatment of Focal Organizing Pneumonia in a Patient with a Low-Risk Lung Mass |
| title_short | Empiric Treatment of Focal Organizing Pneumonia in a Patient with a Low-Risk Lung Mass |
| title_sort | empiric treatment of focal organizing pneumonia in a patient with a low risk lung mass |
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