Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia

Bronchiolar disorders can be divided into 2 general categories: (1) airway disorders (cellular bronchiolitis and obliterative bronchiolitis) and (2) p arenchymal disorders (respiratory bronchiolitis-interstitial lung disease, which occurs in smokers and is treatable with smoking cessation or corticos teroid therapy, and bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia, an infla mmatory lung disease simultaneously involving the terminal bronchioles and alveoli). This article reviews the clinical findings and therapeutic manage ment of bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia.