Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia as the pulmonary manifestation of lupus: A review of three cases.

CONCLUSION: BOOP is a rare pulmonary manifestation in lupus. It can be diagnosed early with more precision using computerised tomography of lung without waiting for biopsy report. This will result in a better prognosis by rapid initiation of corticosteroid and immunosuppressive treatment. PMID: 33103988 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Lupus - October 26, 2020 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Baisya R, Devarasetti PK, Uppin SG, Narayanan R, Rajasekhar L, Sreejitha KS Tags: Lupus Source Type: research