Guest guest Posted September 14, 2007 Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 KC: i noticed the link to the article was not working: here it is http://www.epler.com/boop1.html Darlene <darlenesb2000@...> wrote: Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia R. Epler, M.D. Harvard Medical School Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts Environment-related BOOP continues to be reported rarely. In 1992, textile printing dye-related BOOP was described in 22 textile airbrush workers.69 Six died initially. Follow-up of some of the workers indicated gradual improvement over time.70 It has been suggested69 that the cause was related to the spraying of a respirable aerosol into the distal airways and alveoli; however, the reactive chemical agent and mechanism remain unclear. It is also not known whether the organizing pneumonia was a de novo process or resulted from the late organization of pulmonary edema.69 Penicillium mold dust-related BOOP has been described71 in a patient who developed BOOP after inhalation of powdery dust of a growth of Penicillium janthinellum mold on the top of a discarded orange juice container. Smoke inhalation BOOP has been reported72 in a patient who was in a house fire and had erythema nodosum. Link: to read entire article: Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia --------------------------------- Take the Internet to Go: Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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