Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia after orthotopic liver transplantation. 2004

Roopa Kohli-Seth, and Claude Killu, and May Jennifer Amolat, and John Oropello, and Anthony Manasia, and Andrew Leibowitz, and Adel Bassily-Marcus, and Ernest Benjamin
Department of Surgery, The Mount Sinai Hospital School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA. roopa.kohli-seth@msnyuhealth.org

Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) has been described after bone marrow, lung, heart-lung, and renal transplantation, but rarely after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). We report a case of BOOP after OLT to emphasize BOOP as an under diagnosed and treatable cause of nonresolving pneumonia, which may not be preventable by maintenance low-dose prednisone. A 48-year-old man was hospitalized for dyspnea and cough one month after OLT. Among his medications were tacrolimus and prednisone. Physical examination was significant for lung crepitations and bilateral leg edema. Chest x-ray revealed bilateral infiltrates. Computed tomography (CT) of the chest demonstrated bilateral diffuse infiltrates with areas of sparing and nodularities. Bronchoscopy was normal and bronchoalveolar lavage was negative. Lung biopsy was performed and demonstrated serpiginous plugs of fibroblastic tissue filling the alveolar spaces, focal fibrosis of some alveolar septa, and reactive pneumocytic hyperplasia consistent with BOOP. Methylprednisolone was continued with clinical improvement and weaning from the ventilator, but subsequent sepsis and multisystem organ failure finally led to the patient's death.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D016031 Liver Transplantation The transference of a part of or an entire liver from one human or animal to another. Grafting, Liver,Hepatic Transplantation,Liver Transplant,Transplantation, Hepatic,Transplantation, Liver,Hepatic Transplantations,Liver Grafting,Liver Transplantations,Liver Transplants,Transplant, Liver
D017809 Fatal Outcome Death resulting from the presence of a disease in an individual, as shown by a single case report or a limited number of patients. This should be differentiated from DEATH, the physiological cessation of life and from MORTALITY, an epidemiological or statistical concept. Fatal Outcomes,Outcome, Fatal,Outcomes, Fatal
D018549 Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia An interstitial lung disease of unknown etiology, occurring between 21-80 years of age. It is characterized by a dramatic onset of a "pneumonia-like" illness with cough, fever, malaise, fatigue, and weight loss. Pathological features include prominent interstitial inflammation without collagen fibrosis, diffuse fibroblastic foci, and no microscopic honeycomb change. There is excessive proliferation of granulation tissue within small airways and alveolar ducts. BOOP Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia,Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia,Primary Organizing Pneumonia,Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonias,Organizing Pneumonia, Cryptogenic,Organizing Pneumonia, Primary,Organizing Pneumonias, Primary,Pneumonia, Cryptogenic Organizing,Pneumonia, Primary Organizing,Primary Organizing Pneumonias

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