Cicatricial organizing pneumonia: a clinicopathologic and radiologic study on a cohort diagnosed by surgical lung biopsy at a single institution

Cicatricial organizing pneumonia (CiOP) refers to intraluminal collagen deposition in a background of otherwise classic appearing organizing pneumonia (OP), sometimes with formation of peculiar fibrous nodules or densely fibrotic linear bands. Dendriform ossification has been also described in CiOP cases. This study is to evaluate the clinicopathologic and radiologic characteristics of CiOP identified in a cohort of OP cases diagnosed by...