This chapter reviews the nomenclature issues and history of organizing pneumonia (OP), along with the imaging and clinical features. Pathologic findings and their differential are discussed in detail, along with confounders such as biopsies sampling the edge of OP lesions and fibroblast foci. Newer concepts such as cicatricial OP are also covered.

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Organizing Pneumonia (OP)

  • Andrew Churg,
  • Nestor L. Müller

摘要

This chapter reviews the nomenclature issues and history of organizing pneumonia (OP), along with the imaging and clinical features. Pathologic findings and their differential are discussed in detail, along with confounders such as biopsies sampling the edge of OP lesions and fibroblast foci. Newer concepts such as cicatricial OP are also covered.