39-YEAR-OLD FEMALE WITH MILD RESPIRATORY DISTRESS AND HYPOXIA.

J La State Med Soc

Dr. Salerno is affiliated with the Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Critical Care and Environmental Medicine, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA.

Published: August 2017

The diagnosis of cryptogenic organizing pneumonia is usually delayed for several weeks due to treatment for presumed infectious pneumonia. We present a case of cryptogenic organizing pneumonia in a 39-year-old female who presented with shortness of breath and cough. She had both rapid clinical and radiological response to treatment with corticosteroids.

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