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CASE STUDY Consort hypersensitivity pneumonitis
To date, there is little information in the literature that hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to birds may occur without direct contact to birds. A 62-yr-old pensioner developed mild flu-like symptoms, fatigue and polyuria several hours after each meeting with his new female partner, either in hotels or his apartment. After divorcing from her ex-husband, who was a canary fancier, the female had ...
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW To bring readers up to date on recent reports, both clinical and basic understanding, on hypersensitivity pneumonitis. RECENT FINDINGS Although many antigens and environmental settings have already been described as sources of this hyperimmune pulmonary disease, the literature continues to bring forth other conditions that can cause hypersensitivity pneumonitis. We also high...
متن کاملHypersensitivity pneumonitis.
Clinical manifestations of hypersensitivity pneumonitis may closely mimic other interstitial lung diseases, and the disease onset is usually insidious. High-resolution computed tomography and bronchoalveolar lavage are the sensitive and characteristic diagnostic tests for hypersensitivity pneumonitis. The relevant antigen to hypersensitivity pneumonitis cannot be identified in up to 20% to 30% ...
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symptoms recovered within few days. The transbronchial biopsies in the patients described by Lerch et al. [1] and Thornburg et al. [2] revealed a nonspecific, hypersensitivity pneumonitis (compatible with toxic drug-induced damage). Immunosuppressive therapy with steroids induced a rapid relief of all symptoms in all 3 cases. Infectious cause of the pulmonary infiltrates could be excluded by br...
متن کاملChronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HSP) is a common interstitial lung disease resulting from inhalation of a large variety of antigens by susceptible individuals. The disease is best classified as acute and chronic. Chronic HSP can be fibrosing or not. Fibrotic HSP has a large differential diagnosis and has a worse prognosis. The most common etiologies for HSP are reviewed. Diagnostic criteria are p...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0903-1936,1399-3003
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00127608