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Protocol and Guidelines for Point-of-Care Lung Ultrasound in Diagnosing Neonatal Pulmonary Diseases Based on International Expert Consensus
Published on: March 6, 2019
[A case of atypical cryptogenic organising pneumonitis during pregnancy]
Abstract:
Cryptogenic organising pneumonitis (COP) is now a well defined clinico-pathological entity. It may be idiopathic or secondary to infection, a drug reaction or a connective tissue disorder. Corticosteroid treatment is remarkably effective. We describe a case of COP occurring during the course of an acute respiratory distress syndrome in a pregnant woman. The unusual association of blood and pulmonary eosinophilia leads us to envisage a borderline form of COP and eosinophilic pneumonitis. Other unusual features were the poor response to steroids and the rapid improvement following death of the foetus.
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