Pneumonitis complicating low-dose methotrexate therapy for rheumatoid arthritis. Discrepancies between lung biopsy and bronchoalveolar lavage findings.

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  • D Leduc
  • P De Vuyst
  • P Lheureux
  • P A Gevenois
  • D Jacobovitz
  • J C Yernault
چکیده

Two very similar cases of drug-induced pneumonitis complicating treatment of rheumatoid arthritis with low-dose methotrexate are presented. Diagnosis was suggested by clinical history and findings, but the bronchoalveolar lavage showed a high percentage of neutrophils, an unusual feature in methotrexate-induced pneumonitis. Transbronchial lung biopsies (TBB) confirmed the diagnosis by showing interstitial lymphocytic infiltrate with microgranulomas. Although histologic findings are not strictly pathognomonic, when a differential diagnosis has to be made with infectious and rheumatoid lung disease, TBB appears to be of great promise.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Chest

دوره 104 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1993