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Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia surgery
Introduction
Overview
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 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
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.
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