Journal article
A Case Report of Steroid-Resistant Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Managed with Intravenous Immunoglobulins
Case reports in pulmonology, v 2021, pp 1-7
15 Nov 2021
PMID: 34820143
Abstract
Fewer than ten reported cases of cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP) have been managed with intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIg). We report a case of a 72-year-old man who presented with a worsening cough and diffuse opacities on chest radiograph. Following no improvement with antibiotics and negative complementary investigations for infectious, malignant, and autoimmune etiologies, COP was confirmed on lung biopsy. Due to continued clinical deterioration despite high-dose steroids and new severe steroid-induced hallucinations, the patient was placed on intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIg) and mycophenolate mofetil and made a satisfactory recovery. IVIg should be considered as an important steroid-sparing alternative in patients with COP.
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- Title
- A Case Report of Steroid-Resistant Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Managed with Intravenous Immunoglobulins
- Creators
- Christian Akem Dimala - Reading HospitalUrvi Patel - Reading HospitalBenjamin Lloyd - Reading HospitalAnthony Donato - Reading HospitalWilliam B. Kimmel - Reading HospitalRobert Hallowell - Massachusetts General HospitalCaitlyn Moss - Reading Hospital
- Publication Details
- Case reports in pulmonology, v 2021, pp 1-7
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Medicine (Graduate); General Internal Medicine
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85120416804
- Other Identifier
- 991022161835404721