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→‎Organizing pneumonia: note about terminology
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*Infection.
*Infection.
*Peri-tumor - in proximity to a space-occupying lesion (abscess, neoplasm).
*Peri-tumor - in proximity to a space-occupying lesion (abscess, neoplasm).
Note:
*BOOP is used as a synonym for ''organizing pneumonia'' which has the long differential diagnosis above.<ref name=Ref_WMSP91>{{Ref WMSP|91}}</ref>
**Confusingly, it may be used to refer to the idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia, now generally known as cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP).
***In other words, strictly speaking, ''BOOP'' is '''not''' the same as ''COP''; idiopathic BOOP ''is'' COP.


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