Levitating lung lesions due to bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia.

A 68-year-old man developed symmetrical bibasal infiltrates. Transbronchial lung biopsy specimen demonstrated abnormalities consistent with bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP). The infiltrates appeared to migrate cephalad over a period of months, gradually disappearing after reaching the pulmonary apices.

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