Case Report
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World J Clin Cases. Feb 26, 2022; 10(6): 1946-1951
Published online Feb 26, 2022. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i6.1946
Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia associated with pregnancy: A case report
Young Joo Lee, Young Sun Kim
Young Joo Lee, Young Sun Kim, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, Seoul 02447, South Korea
Author contributions: Kim YS designed and projected the case report; Lee YJ organized data of cases and collected and analyzed previous reports; Lee YJ and Kim YS wrote and revised the manuscript; all authors contributed to editorial changes in the manuscript; all authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Corresponding author: Young Sun Kim, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, 23, Kyung Hee Dae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02447, South Korea. chacha0725@naver.com
Received: August 6, 2021
Peer-review started: August 6, 2021
First decision: November 11, 2021
Revised: November 16, 2021
Accepted: January 11, 2022
Article in press: January 11, 2022
Published online: February 26, 2022
Core Tip

Core Tip: Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP) is a diffuse infiltrating lung disease, wherein granulation tissue proliferates in the small bronchiolar epithelium. The COP is an extremely rare in pregnancy. We present the fourth case of COP during pregnancy. This case highlights that it is important to differentiate COP from other types of pneumonia that does not respond and aggravated despite of empirical antibiotics in pregnant woman. The corticosteroid administration is effective in the treatment of COP during pregnancy.