A Woman in Her Late 40s with Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis and Recurrent Pleural Effusions. Chest 2021 Apr;159(4):e215-e219
Date
05/23/2021Pubmed ID
34022021DOI
10.1016/j.chest.2020.09.283Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85103110150 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)Abstract
A woman in her late 40s with a history of recurrent deep vein thromboses and hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) presented to the ED with progressive exertional dyspnea and productive cough. She recently had started oral corticosteroids after HP was confirmed via transbronchial lung cryobiopsy from both the right upper and lower lobes, which showed poorly formed granulomas with mild interstitial and perivascular lymphocytic infiltrates. A causative antigen for her HP was never clearly identified.
Author List
Abdalla M, Hu K, Kurman JS, Benn BSAuthors
Kurt Hu MD Assistant Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of WisconsinJonathan S. Kurman MD Assistant Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin
MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdultAlveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic
Biopsy
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Hemangioendothelioma
Humans
Lung
Pleural Effusion
Pleural Neoplasms
Recurrence
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ultrasonography
