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Granulomatous lung injury, however, is rarely described and may be confused with organizing pneumonia (OP) or infection.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Case presentation<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>An elderly man who had been receiving 5-month amiodarone therapy developed a 3-week history of pleuritic chest pain and progressive dyspnea. Chest computed tomography (CT) demonstrated bilateral ground-glass opacities and subpleural-predominant consolidations, with scattered reversed halo signs raising the possibility of an OP-like pattern. A positive serum Cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) result obtained at an outside hospital led to empiric antifungal therapy, but the patient did not improve. After admission, bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) revealed lymphocytosis, and metagenomic testing did not detect Cryptococcus or other pathogens; fungal stains on biopsy specimens were also negative. Percutaneous lung biopsy showed focal non-necrotizing granulomas with prominent eosinophilic inflammation. After discontinuation of amiodarone and initiation of systemic corticosteroid therapy, his symptoms improved rapidly and follow-up imaging demonstrated interval regression.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This case illustrates that an OP-like CT pattern may mask an uncommon granulomatous phenotype of amiodarone-related lung injury. A positive fungal biomarker should therefore be weighed against the microbiological work-up, tissue findings, medication history, and treatment response before infection is accepted as the final diagnosis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fphar.2026.1848041","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,15]],"date-time":"2026-07-15T04:22:06Z","timestamp":1784089326000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Amiodarone-induced granulomatous lung injury mimicking organizing pneumonia: a case report"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Alifeila","family":"Aili","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Emergency and Critical Care Medical Center, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University","place":["Beijing, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hui","family":"Deng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Emergency and Critical Care Medical Center, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University","place":["Beijing, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Haopeng","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Emergency and Critical Care Medical Center, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University","place":["Beijing, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Weiwei","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Emergency and Critical Care Medical Center, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University","place":["Beijing, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lei","family":"Pan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Emergency and Critical Care Medical Center, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University","place":["Beijing, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"133","DOI":"10.1378\/chest.85.1.133","article-title":"Amiodarone-induced hypersensitivity pneumonitis. 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