Rapidly-progressive bronchiolitis obliterans organising pneumonia

SJ Husain, M Irfan, AS Zubairi, N Salahuddin
Correspondence: Dr Shahid Javed Husain, javed.husain@aku.edu

ABSTRACT
Bronchiolitis obliterans organising pneumonia is a clinicopathological syndrome characterised by indolent course of flu-like illness followed by cough, dyspnoea and fever, and responds well to steroid treatment. We describe a 76-year-old woman who presented with a short three-day history and progressed rapidly to respiratory failure. She was successfully treated with high-dose steroids.

Keywords: bronchiolitis obliterans organising pneumonia, corticosteroids, respiratory failure
Singapore Med J 2004; 45(6): 283-285