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INTRODUCTION: Fulminant Organizing Pneumonia (OP) is a rare, clinicopathologic diagnosis considered to have good prognosis with early recognition and steroid therapy. There is a paucity of literature on rapidly progressive… Click to show full abstract
INTRODUCTION: Fulminant Organizing Pneumonia (OP) is a rare, clinicopathologic diagnosis considered to have good prognosis with early recognition and steroid therapy. There is a paucity of literature on rapidly progressive presentations [1,3,5,6]. We present the case of a 44-year-old woman who presented with fevers and arthralgias found to have Anti-MDA5 amyopathic dermatomyositis who developed fulminant organizing pneumonia and hypoxemic respiratory failure requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).
Journal Title: Chest
Year Published: 2019
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