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Acute Fibrinous and Organising Pneumonia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Presented by:	Journal of Medical Case Reports / Argyris Tzouvelekis, Anastasios Koutsopoulos, Anastasia Oikonomou, Marios Froudarakis, Pavlos Zarogoulidis, Paschalis Steiropoulos, Dimitrios Mikroulis, Antonis Antoniades and Demosthenes Bouros
Summary points:	The authors describe a rare case of acute fibrinous and organising pneumonia in an otherwise healthy 65-year-old Greek woman who complained of dry cough, fever, weight loss, and progressive dyspnoea. After excluding infection and malignancy with routine laboratory tests and flexible bronchoscopy, high-resolution computed tomography and video-assisted thoracoscopic lung biopsy were performed; images provided. The authors discuss their diagnosis based on radiological features typical of community-organising pneumonia as well as treatment.
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