RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Organizing Pneumonia and Non-necrotizing Granulomata on Transbronchial Biopsy: Coexistence or Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia Secondary to <em>Mycobacterium kansasii</em> Disease
JF Respiratory Care
FD American Association for Respiratory Care
SP 1959
OP 1961
DO 10.4187/respcare.01239
VO 56
IS 12
A1 Daniel Starobin
A1 Vladimir Guller
A1 Alexander Gurevich
A1 Gershon Fink
A1 Monica Huszar
A1 Sari Tal
YR 2011
UL http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/56/12/1959.abstract
AB Mycobacterium kansasii disease was diagnosed in an 85-year-old woman admitted to the hospital for cough and gradually worsening breathlessness. Transbronchial biopsy indicated either non-necrotizing granulomata or bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP). She was cured with combined therapy of specific anti-mycobacterial medications and systemic steroids. To our knowledge, this is the first report of M. kansasii non-tuberculous mycobacterium disease with a BOOP-like pattern on lung biopsy.