pneumopathy

English

Etymology

From pneumo- +‎ -pathy.

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• bronchopneumopathy