Acute Fibrinous Organizing Pneumonia: A Case Report and Literature Review. 2015

Bryan A Garcia, and Timothy Goede, and Tan-Lucien Mohammed
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Electronic address: Bryangarcia25@gmail.com.

Acute fibrinous organizing pneumonia (AFOP) is a distinct histopathologic pattern of lung injury with the hallmark feature of intra-alveolar fibrin deposits with associated organizing pneumonia, type II pneumocyte hyperplasia, and a patchy lymphohistiocytic proliferation. We describe the case of a previously healthy 47-year-old man who presented with a 4-day history of worsening dyspnea, cough, and nocturnal fevers and miliary nodules on chest imaging. Subsequently, there was an indication of AFOP when he underwent open lung biopsy. AFOP has been associated with a variety of underlying conditions including rheumatologic diseases, medications, and infections, and several cases were idiopathic. This case highlights the importance for radiologists to be aware of this uncommon pattern of lung injury and to consider it in the differential when encountering bilateral miliary infiltrates on chest imaging.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008168 Lung Either of the pair of organs occupying the cavity of the thorax that effect the aeration of the blood. Lungs
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D011859 Radiography Examination of any part of the body for diagnostic purposes by means of X-RAYS or GAMMA RAYS, recording the image on a sensitized surface (such as photographic film). Radiology, Diagnostic X-Ray,Roentgenography,X-Ray, Diagnostic,Diagnostic X-Ray,Diagnostic X-Ray Radiology,X-Ray Radiology, Diagnostic,Diagnostic X Ray,Diagnostic X Ray Radiology,Diagnostic X-Rays,Radiology, Diagnostic X Ray,X Ray Radiology, Diagnostic,X Ray, Diagnostic,X-Rays, Diagnostic
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001706 Biopsy Removal and pathologic examination of specimens from the living body. Biopsies
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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