pneumopathy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pneumo- +‎ -pathy

Noun[edit]

pneumopathy (plural pneumopathies)

  1. (pathology) Any disease of the lungs
    • 2013 July 9, J Hsieh et al., “Cerebral venous thrombosis due to cryptogenic organising pneumopathy with antiphospholipid syndrome worsened by heparin-induced thrombocytopenia”, in BMJ Case Reports[1], volume 2013, →DOI:
      The case reported here illustrates two rare causes of CVT observed in the same patient: the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies associated with an asymptomatic cryptogenic organising pneumopathy (COP) which were considered the origin of the venous cerebral thrombosis and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) which was responsible for the worsening of the thrombosis observed a few days after the introduction of treatment.

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