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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). | ||
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*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. | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||