Rapidly-progressive bronchiolitis obliterans organising pneumonia

Document Type

Article

Department

Pulmonary and Critical Care

Abstract

Bronchiolitis obliterans organising pneumonia is a clinicopathological syndrome characterised by indolent course of flu-like illness followed by cough, dyspnoea and fever, and responds well to steroid treatment. We describe a 76-year-old woman who presented with a short three-day history and progressed rapidly to respiratory failure. She was successfully treated with high-dose steroids

Publication (Name of Journal)

Singapore Medical Journal

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