Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia surgery

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Manpreet Kaur, MD [2]

Overview

Surgical intervention is not recommended for the management of cryptogenic organizing pneumonia. Resection of the solitary nodule is the treatment for focal organizing pneumonia.

Surgical treatment

Surgical intervention is not recommended for the management of cryptogenic organizing pneumonia.

Surgical treatment is used for the treatment of focal organizing pneumonia.
- Resection of the solitary nodule is the treatment for focal organizing pneumonia.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Maldonado F, Daniels CE, Hoffman EA, Yi ES, Ryu JH (November 2007). “Focal organizing pneumonia on surgical lung biopsy: causes, clinicoradiologic features, and outcomes”. Chest. 132 (5): 1579–83. doi:10.1378/chest.07-1148. PMID 17890462.
↑ Melloni G, Cremona G, Bandiera A, Arrigoni G, Rizzo N, Varagona R, Muriana G, Carretta A, Ciriaco P, Canneto B, Zannini P (June 2007). “Localized organizing pneumonia: report of 21 cases”. Ann. Thorac. Surg. 83 (6): 1946–51. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.01.062. PMID 17532376.

Overview