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Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia as a Manifestation of AIDS: Case Report and Literature Review

Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) is a disease of the small airways characterized by intraluminal polyps of myxoid connective tissue. Although various infectious and non-infectious agents have been implicated as possible precipitants of BOOP, the concomitant occurrence of BOOP with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has rarely been described. We describe a unique case in which BOOP was a presenting feature in a patient with newly diagnosed AIDS, and we review the literature of BOOP occurring in the setting of HIV infection.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:etsu-works-19935
Date01 August 2004
CreatorsKhater, Fares J., Moorman, Jonathan P., Myers, James W., Youngberg, George, Sarubbi, Fehso A.
PublisherDigital Commons @ East Tennessee State University
Source SetsEast Tennessee State University
Detected LanguageEnglish
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SourceETSU Faculty Works

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