Bronchiolitis obliterans associated with polyarteritis nodosa

B W Robinson; G Sterrett

doi:10.1378/chest.102.1.309

Bronchiolitis obliterans associated with polyarteritis nodosa

Chest. 1992 Jul;102(1):309-11. doi: 10.1378/chest.102.1.309.

Authors

B W Robinson¹, G Sterrett

Affiliation

¹ University Department of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Nedlands.

PMID: 1352492
DOI: 10.1378/chest.102.1.309

Abstract

Bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia (BOOP) has not previously been described in association with polyarteritis nodosa (PAN). This report describes a patient in whom fulminant systemic PAN followed subacute onset of BOOP, with associated pulmonary arteritis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Biopsy
Bronchiolitis Obliterans / complications*
Bronchiolitis Obliterans / pathology
Humans
Kidney / pathology
Lung / pathology
Male
Pneumonia / complications*
Pneumonia / pathology
Polyarteritis Nodosa / complications*
Polyarteritis Nodosa / pathology