Recurrent bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia in a patient with limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a generalized disorder characterized by fibrosis and vascular obliteration in the skin, lung, gastrointestinal tract, and kidney. One of its two subsets is a stable, limited cutaneous group (lSSc). Pulmonary involvement in scleroderma is common, and several types of pulmo...

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Published in:Rheumatology international 2002-09, Vol.22 (5), p.216-218
Main Authors: SHIMIZU, Yuji, TSUKAGOSHI, Hideo, NEMOTO, Toshikazu, HONMA, Manabu, NOJIMA, Yoshihisa, MORI, Masatomo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Biopsy, Needle
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - complications
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - diagnosis
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - drug therapy
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Health risk assessment
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Medical sciences
Pneumology
Pneumonia
Prednisolone - administration & dosage
Radiography, Thoracic
Recurrence
Respiratory system : syndromes and miscellaneous diseases
Sarcoidosis. Granulomatous diseases of unproved etiology. Connective tissue diseases. Elastic tissue diseases. Vasculitis
Scleroderma, Systemic - complications
Scleroderma, Systemic - diagnosis
Severity of Illness Index
Thoracoscopy
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a generalized disorder characterized by fibrosis and vascular obliteration in the skin, lung, gastrointestinal tract, and kidney. One of its two subsets is a stable, limited cutaneous group (lSSc). Pulmonary involvement in scleroderma is common, and several types of pulmonary disorders are associated with SSc. Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) is a rare finding in lung disorders associated with SSc. We describe a case of lSSc with BOOP that was responsive to steroid therapy. Of interest is that the lung disorders appeared in different periods and areas. It might be important to diagnose abnormal shadows in lung fields before treatment of patients with SSc.
ISSN:0172-8172
1437-160X
DOI:10.1007/s00296-002-0230-y