Skip to main content
NCBI home page
Thorax logoLink to Thorax
. 1991 Aug;46(8):545–547. doi: 10.1136/thx.46.8.545

BOOP and COP.

D M Geddes
PMCID: PMC463266  PMID: 1926020

Abstract

BOOP and COP are essentially the same condition and represent one of many ways in which the lung may respond to an inflammatory stimulus. Some underlying causes of BOOP have been identified but in many cases no cause can be found. The clinical and radiological features are of a pneumonic illness that responds to corticosteroids rather than antibiotics, but as milder cases are being identified the clinical spectrum is widening. Most cases can be confidently diagnosed only by open lung biopsy, but bacteriological lavage and transbronchial biopsy followed by a trial of steroids may sometimes be considered.

Full text

PDF
545

Images in this article

545Image
on p.545

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Allen J. N., Wewers M. D. HIV-associated bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia. Chest. 1989 Jul;96(1):197–198. doi: 10.1378/chest.96.1.197. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Bellomo R., Finlay M., McLaughlin P., Tai E. Clinical spectrum of cryptogenic organising pneumonitis. Thorax. 1991 Aug;46(8):554–558. doi: 10.1136/thx.46.8.554. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Camus P., Lombard J. N., Perrichon M., Piard F., Guérin J. C., Thivolet F. B., Jeannin L. Bronchiolitis obliterans organising pneumonia in patients taking acebutolol or amiodarone. Thorax. 1989 Sep;44(9):711–715. doi: 10.1136/thx.44.9.711. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Cordier J. F., Loire R., Brune J. Idiopathic bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia. Definition of characteristic clinical profiles in a series of 16 patients. Chest. 1989 Nov;96(5):999–1004. doi: 10.1378/chest.96.5.999. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Davison A. G., Heard B. E., McAllister W. A., Turner-Warwick M. E. Cryptogenic organizing pneumonitis. Q J Med. 1983 Summer;52(207):382–394. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. Dreis D. F., Winterbauer R. H., Van Norman G. A., Sullivan S. L., Hammar S. P. Cephalosporin-induced interstitial pneumonitis. Chest. 1984 Jul;86(1):138–140. doi: 10.1378/chest.86.1.138. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Epler G. R., Colby T. V., McLoud T. C., Carrington C. B., Gaensler E. A. Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia. N Engl J Med. 1985 Jan 17;312(3):152–158. doi: 10.1056/NEJM198501173120304. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. Geddes D. M., Corrin B., Brewerton D. A., Davies R. J., Turner-Warwick M. Progressive airway obliteration in adults and its association with rheumatoid disease. Q J Med. 1977 Oct;46(184):427–444. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. Gosink B. B., Friedman P. J., Liebow A. A. Bronchiolitis obliterans. Roentgenologic-pathologic correlation. Am J Roentgenol Radium Ther Nucl Med. 1973 Apr;117(4):816–832. doi: 10.2214/ajr.117.4.816. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. Kaufman J., Komorowski R. Bronchiolitis obliterans. A new clinical-pathologic complication of irradiation pneumonitis. Chest. 1990 May;97(5):1243–1244. doi: 10.1378/chest.97.5.1243. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  11. Miyagawa Y., Nagata N., Shigematsu N. Clinicopathological study of migratory lung infiltrates. Thorax. 1991 Apr;46(4):233–238. doi: 10.1136/thx.46.4.233. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  12. Müller N. L., Staples C. A., Miller R. R. Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia: CT features in 14 patients. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1990 May;154(5):983–987. doi: 10.2214/ajr.154.5.2108572. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  13. Patel R. C., Dutta D., Schonfeld S. A. Free-base cocaine use associated with bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia. Ann Intern Med. 1987 Aug;107(2):186–187. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-107-2-186. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  14. Swinburn C. R., Jackson G. J., Cobden I., Ashcroft T., Morritt G. N., Corris P. A. Bronchiolitis obliterans organising pneumonia in a patient with ulcerative colitis. Thorax. 1988 Sep;43(9):735–736. doi: 10.1136/thx.43.9.735. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  15. Takimoto C. H., Lynch D., Stulbarg M. S. Pulmonary infiltrates associated with sulindac therapy. Chest. 1990 Jan;97(1):230–232. doi: 10.1378/chest.97.1.230. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  16. Tazelaar H. D., Viggiano R. W., Pickersgill J., Colby T. V. Interstitial lung disease in polymyositis and dermatomyositis. Clinical features and prognosis as correlated with histologic findings. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1990 Mar;141(3):727–733. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm/141.3.727. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  17. Williams T., Eidus L., Thomas P. Fibrosing alveolitis, bronchiolitis obliterans, and sulfasalazine therapy. Chest. 1982 Jun;81(6):766–768. doi: 10.1378/chest.81.6.766. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  18. Winterbauer R. H., Wilske K. R., Wheelis R. F. Diffuse pulmonary injury associated with gold treatment. N Engl J Med. 1976 Apr 22;294(17):919–921. doi: 10.1056/NEJM197604222941703. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  19. Yamamoto M., Ina Y., Kitaichi M., Harasawa M., Tamura M. [Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) in Japan]. Nihon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai Zasshi. 1990 Sep;28(9):1164–1173. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  20. Yousem S. A., Colby T. V., Carrington C. B. Lung biopsy in rheumatoid arthritis. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1985 May;131(5):770–777. doi: 10.1164/arrd.1985.131.5.770. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Thorax are provided here courtesy of BMJ Publishing Group

RESOURCES