Case Report

Acute Fibrinous and Organizing Pneumonia and Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease: A Case Report

Table 1

Described cases of acute fibrinous organizing pneumonia, 2002–2011.

Rheumatologic diseaseAgeSexTreatmentTimeOutcome evolutionAuthor, year

Ankylosing spondylitis55MCorticoidSurvivedBeasley et al., 2002, [1]
Polymyositis78FCorticoidDeathBeasley et al., 2002, [1]
Fibromyalgia58FAntibioticSurvivedBeasley et al., 2002, [1]
Juvenile dermatomyositis14FAzithromycin, immunoglobulin, cyclophosphamide, methylprednisolone, and cyclosporine2 monthsDeathPrahalad et al., 2005, [12]
Stigma of rheumatic disease47MPrednisone3 monthsSurvivedBalduin et al., 2007, [13]
SLE and APS16MPrednisone, cyclophosphamide, anticoagulants2,5 monthsSurvivedHariri et al., 2010, [14]

SLE: systemic erythematosus lupus; APS: antiphospholipid syndrome.