Case of Severe Treatment-Resistant Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia

Case of Severe Treatment-Resistant Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia

Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia is a rare interstitial lung disease with different onset of symptoms, which responds rapidly to glucocorticoid treatment. We present a case of cryptogenic organizing pneumonia which manifested as a progressive 3-year dyspnea that ultimately has led to acute respirat...

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Main Authors: Domas Grigoravičius, Edvardas Žurauskas, Vygantas Gruslys, Rolandas Zablockis, Edvardas Danila
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vilnius University Press 2021-08-01
Series:Acta Medica Lituanica
Subjects:
organizing peumonia
acute respiratory failure
prednisone therapy
Online Access:https://www.journals.vu.lt/AML/article/view/23048
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spelling doaj-3631463aac1949a083e98e18a1ed739a2021-08-27T09:28:02ZengVilnius University PressActa Medica Lituanica1392-01382029-41742021-08-0128210.15388/Amed.2021.28.2.12Case of Severe Treatment-Resistant Cryptogenic Organizing PneumoniaDomas Grigoravičius0Edvardas Žurauskas1Vygantas Gruslys2Rolandas ZablockisEdvardas Danila3Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, LT-03101, Vilnius, LithuaniaNational Center of Pathology, affiliate of Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, Vilnius, Lithuania; Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, LithuaniaClinic of Chest Diseases, Immunology and Allergology of Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania; Center of Pulmonology and Allergology, Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, Vilnius, LithuaniaClinic of Chest Diseases, Immunology and Allergology of Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania; Center of Pulmonology and Allergology, Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, Vilnius, Lithuania Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia is a rare interstitial lung disease with different onset of symptoms, which responds rapidly to glucocorticoid treatment. We present a case of cryptogenic organizing pneumonia which manifested as a progressive 3-year dyspnea that ultimately has led to acute respiratory failure. Moreover, treatment with prednisone for this patient exhibited slow onset of the effect. https://www.journals.vu.lt/AML/article/view/23048organizing peumoniaacute respiratory failureprednisone therapy
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author Domas Grigoravičius
Edvardas Žurauskas
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Rolandas Zablockis
Edvardas Danila
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Edvardas Žurauskas
Vygantas Gruslys
Rolandas Zablockis
Edvardas Danila
Case of Severe Treatment-Resistant Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia
Acta Medica Lituanica
organizing peumonia
acute respiratory failure
prednisone therapy
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Edvardas Žurauskas
Vygantas Gruslys
Rolandas Zablockis
Edvardas Danila
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title Case of Severe Treatment-Resistant Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia
title_short Case of Severe Treatment-Resistant Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia
title_full Case of Severe Treatment-Resistant Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia
title_fullStr Case of Severe Treatment-Resistant Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia
title_full_unstemmed Case of Severe Treatment-Resistant Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia
title_sort case of severe treatment-resistant cryptogenic organizing pneumonia
publisher Vilnius University Press
series Acta Medica Lituanica
issn 1392-0138
2029-4174
publishDate 2021-08-01
description Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia is a rare interstitial lung disease with different onset of symptoms, which responds rapidly to glucocorticoid treatment. We present a case of cryptogenic organizing pneumonia which manifested as a progressive 3-year dyspnea that ultimately has led to acute respiratory failure. Moreover, treatment with prednisone for this patient exhibited slow onset of the effect.
topic organizing peumonia
acute respiratory failure
prednisone therapy
url https://www.journals.vu.lt/AML/article/view/23048
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