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Hirooka Y, Ota S, Torizawa N, Maekawa C, Yanagawa Y. A Case of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Following Non-thoracic Trauma in a Patient With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Cureus 2024; 16:e63467. [PMID: 39077261 PMCID: PMC11285813 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.63467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/28/2024] [Indexed: 07/31/2024] Open
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A 72-year-old man with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) was on home oxygen therapy at 1 L/min. He fell approximately 3 m onto a concrete surface while painting the roof of his home and was emergently transported to a local hospital due to pain in his lower back and right lower limb. His initial Krebs von den Lungen level decreased with medical treatments but has shown an increasing trend over the past three respiratory outpatient visits. His other medical conditions, including dyslipidemia, lumbar pain, and allergic rhinitis, were treated with several drugs prescribed by a nearby clinic. At the previous hospital, an increased oxygen demand of around 5 L via mask was noted, although other vital signs were stable. A plain whole-body computed tomography (CT) scan revealed pulmonary edema, a fracture of the right femoral neck, and a fracture of the third lumbar vertebral body. During transfer to our hospital for surgery, crossing the Amagi Pass at an elevation of approximately 830 m, the patient's respiratory condition rapidly deteriorated. Upon arrival, the cardiac wall movement was hyperdynamic, and PaO2 was 29 mmHg under supplemental oxygen at 15 L/min, necessitating oral endotracheal intubation and initiation of mechanical ventilation. A chest CT scan showed worsening diffuse ground-glass opacities in both lungs compared to the previous CT scan at the referring hospital. Despite positive pressure ventilation with the mechanical ventilator, the patient's condition did not improve, and he died in the emergency room. Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) can occur following severe trauma but the onset of ARDS due to moderate trauma is extremely rare. Considering the possibility of an acute exacerbation of IPF prior to the injury, this report discusses the possibility of developing ARDS due to trauma-induced cytokines and lung damage from damage-associated molecular patterns, the possibility of inhaling dust while working on the roof, pneumonia caused by prescribed medication, viral infections, exposure to pollen and/or high altitude while passing through the mountain pass, and hypoxemia-inducing pulmonary edema.
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- Yukinori Hirooka
- Acute Critical Care Medicine, Shizuoka Hospital, Juntendo University, Izunokuni, JPN
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- Acute Critical Care Medicine, Shizuoka Hospital, Juntendo University, Izunokuni, JPN
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- Acute Critical Care Medicine, Shizuoka Hospital, Juntendo University, Izunokuni, JPN
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- Acute Critical Care Medicine, Shizuoka Hospital, Juntendo University, Izunokuni, JPN
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- Acute Critical Care Medicine, Shizuoka Hospital, Juntendo University, Izunokuni, JPN
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Tony FA, Soliman YMA, Salem HA. Effect of Oral Methyl Prednisolone on Different Radiological Patterns of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis. J Asthma Allergy 2021; 14:501-511. [PMID: 34007188 PMCID: PMC8121673 DOI: 10.2147/jaa.s299939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2021] [Accepted: 04/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Background Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is an immune-mediated disorder that causes inflammation of interstitial lung, bronchioles, and alveoli. Although corticosteroids have been used as first line treatment for HP for many years, it does not provide satisfactory results in all patients. The aim of this study is to compare the effect of oral methylprednisolone on different radiological patterns of HP to identify the most adequate candidates for corticosteroids. Patients and Methods Fifty-three patients with confirmed diagnosis of HP were divided into two groups according to their radiological patterns based on high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) findings. The first group included 21 patients with fibrotic HP (fHP), the second group included 32 patients without fibrosis; non-fibrotic HP patients (nfHP). The second group is divided into 3 subgroups: mosaic, attenuation, centrilobular nodules and finally, ground-glass opacities. All patients were administered methylprednisolone by dose 0.5mg/kg/day for eight consecutive weeks. HRCT was performed at the beginning of the study. Spirometry, six-minute walk and oximetry were performed periodically to assess the patients' progress. Results Upon finalizing the treatment process, a significant improvement was noticed in FEV1 (p < 0.001), FVC (p <0.001), six-minute walk test (p =0.001) and oximetry (p <0.05) in nfHP compared to the fHP patients. However, there was a significant improvement in (p <0.01), FVC (p <0.01), oximetry (p <0.01) and six-minute walk test (p <0.01) in fibrotic patients after receiving the treatment. There was no significant difference in the response of FEV1 (p =0.82), FVC (p =0.15), six-minute walk test (p =0.36) and oximetry (p =0.27) among the subgroups of nfHP patients. Conclusion It was accordingly concluded that corticosteroid treatment is more effective in treatment of nfHP than fHP patients but still has effect on fibrotic patients. There is no significant difference in the response to corticosteroids among nfHP patients' subgroups.
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- Fatma Ahmed Tony
- Clinical Pharmacy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, British University in Egypt (BUE), Cairo, Egypt
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- Pharmacy Practice Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabuk University and Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Egypt
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Dodia N, Amariei D, Kenaa B, Corwin D, Chelala L, Britt EJ, Sachdeva A, Luzina IG, Hasday JD, Shah NG, Atamas SP, Franks TJ, Burke AP, Hines SE, Galvin JR, Todd NW. A comprehensive assessment of environmental exposures and the medical history guides multidisciplinary discussion in interstitial lung disease. Respir Med 2021; 179:106333. [PMID: 33676119 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2021.106333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2020] [Revised: 01/24/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Multidisciplinary discussion (MDD) is widely recommended for patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD), but published primary data from MDD has been scarce, and factors influencing MDD other than chest computed tomography (CT) and lung histopathology interpretations have not been well-described. METHODS Single institution MDD of 179 patients with ILD. RESULTS MDD consensus clinical diagnoses included autoimmune-related ILD, chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis, smoking-related ILD, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, medication-induced ILD, occupation-related ILD, unclassifiable ILD, and a few less common pulmonary disorders. In 168 of 179 patients, one or more environmental exposures or pertinent features of the medical history were identified, including recreational/avocational, residential, and occupational exposures, systemic autoimmune disease, malignancy, medication use, and family history. The MDD process demonstrated the importance of comprehensively assessing these exposures and features, beyond merely noting their presence, for rendering consensus clinical diagnoses. Precise, well-defined chest CT and lung histopathology interpretations were rendered at MDD, including usual interstitial pneumonia, nonspecific interstitial pneumonia, and organizing pneumonia, but these interpretations were associated with a variety of MDD consensus clinical diagnoses, demonstrating their nonspecific nature in many instances. In 77 patients in which MDD consensus diagnosis differed from referring diagnosis, assessment of environmental exposures and medical history was found retrospectively to be the most impactful factor. CONCLUSIONS A comprehensive assessment of environmental exposures and pertinent features of the medical history guided MDD. In addition to rendering consensus clinical diagnoses, MDD presented clinicians with opportunities to initiate environmental remediation, behavior modification, or medication alteration likely to benefit individual patients with ILD.
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- Neal Dodia
- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Defense, The Joint Pathology Center, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Petnak T, Moua T. Exposure assessment in hypersensitivity pneumonitis: a comprehensive review and proposed screening questionnaire. ERJ Open Res 2020; 6:00230-2020. [PMID: 33015147 PMCID: PMC7520171 DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00230-2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is an immune-mediated inflammatory lung disease characterised by the inhalation of environmental antigens leading to acute and chronic lung injury. Along with suggestive clinical and radiological findings, history and timing of suspected antigen exposure are important elements for diagnostic confidence. Unfortunately, many diagnoses remain tentative and based on vague and imprecise environmental or material exposure histories. To date, there has not been a comprehensive report highlighting the frequency and type of environmental exposure that might lead to or support a more systematic approach to antigen identification. We performed a comprehensive literature review to identify and classify causative antigens and their associated environmental contexts or source materials, with emphasis on the extent of the supportive literature for each exposure type. Eligible publications were those that reported unique inciting antigens and their respective environments or contexts. A clinical questionnaire was then proposed based on this review to better support diagnosis of hypersensitivity pneumonitis when antigen testing or other clinical and radiological variables are inconclusive or incomplete.
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- Tananchai Petnak
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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Huang H, Zhang M, Chen C, Zhang H, Wei Y, Tian J, Shang J, Deng Y, Du A, Dai H. Clinical characteristics of COVID-19 in patients with preexisting ILD: A retrospective study in a single center in Wuhan, China. J Med Virol 2020; 92:2742-2750. [PMID: 32533777 PMCID: PMC7322991 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.26174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Since the outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS‐CoV‐2) pneumonia, many patients with underlying disease, such as interstitial lung disease (ILD), were admitted to Tongji hospital in Wuhan, China. To date, no data have ever been reported to reflect the clinical features of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID‐19) among these patients with preexisting ILD. We analyzed the incidence and severity of COVID‐19 patients with ILD among 3201 COVID‐19 inpatients, and compared two independent cohorts of COVID‐19 patients with pre‐existing ILD (n = 28) and non‐ILD COVID‐19 patients (n = 130). Among those 3201 COVID‐19 inpatients, 28 of whom were COVID‐19 with ILD (0.88%). Fever was the predominant symptom both in COVID‐19 with ILD (81.54%) and non‐ILD COVID‐19 patients (72.22%). However, COVID‐19 patients with ILD were more likely to have cough, sputum, fatigue, dyspnea, and diarrhea. A very significantly higher number of neutrophils, monocytes, interleukin (IL)‐8, IL‐10, IL‐1β, and D‐Dimer was characterized in COVID‐19 with ILD as compared to those of non‐ILD COVID‐19 patients. Furthermore, logistic regression models showed neutrophils counts, proinflammatory cytokines (tumor necrosis factor‐alpha, IL6, IL1β, IL2R), and coagulation dysfunction biomarkers (D‐Dimer, PT, Fbg) were significantly associated with the poor clinical outcomes of COVID‐19. ILD patients could be less vulnerable to SARS‐CoV‐2. However, ILD patients tend to severity condition after being infected with SARS‐CoV‐2. The prognosis of COVID‐19 patients with per‐existing ILD is significantly worse than that of non‐ILD patients. And more, aggravated inflammatory responses and coagulation dysfunction appear to be the critical mechanisms in the COVID‐19 patients with ILD. ILD patients could be less vulnerable to SARS‐CoV‐2. However, ILD patients tend to severity condition after being infected with SARS‐CoV‐2. The prognosis of COVID‐19 patients with per‐existing ILD is significantly worse than that of non‐ILD patients. And more, aggravated inflammatory responses and coagulation dysfunction appear to be the critical mechanisms in the COVID‐19 patients with ILD.
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- Hong Huang
- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, NHC Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, NHC Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, NHC Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, NHC Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, NHC Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Wuhan, China
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- Scientific Research Department, Tongji Hospital, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center of Respiratory Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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Frequency of goose and duck down causation of hypersensitivity pneumonitis within an 80-patient cohort. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2019; 123:201-207. [PMID: 31042573 DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2019.04.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2019] [Revised: 04/22/2019] [Accepted: 04/23/2019] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND A variety of antigens have been identified as causative of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP), which is characterized by inflammation to the lung parenchyma that is induced by exposure. Goose and duck down (GDD) bedding is often overlooked by physicians as a potential cause, yet the use of GDD has markedly increased in recent years, paralleling an increased frequency of reports of GDD-induced HP. OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of GDD as the causative antigen in patients with HP who use bedding that contains GDD. METHODS Patients referred with a working diagnosis of HP underwent a detailed environmental history. Those who were using GDD were asked to remove it as an avoidance procedure. Signs, symptoms, spirometry, and inflammatory markers were followed up at weekly intervals for up to 1 month to determine the effect of remediation. RESULTS Eighty patients with HP were seen during an 8-year period. Thirty-two patients (40%) were using GDD bedding. Of these 32 patients, 12 (37.5% of those exposed and 15% of the total HP population experienced remission (or nonprogression) of disease by simply avoiding GDD bedding. Eleven (92%) of these 12 patients were female. In patients with GDD-induced HP, lung biopsy patterns were varied. CONCLUSION Approximately one-third of patients with HP, who slept with GDD, had persistent improvement or remission with simple avoidance. The higher incidence of GDD-induced HP in females may be hormonal and/or sociocultural related. Lung biopsy findings were across the spectrum of histopathologic patterns. Avoidance-challenge techniques were effective in confirming diagnoses and causation and mitigating the need for additional remediation.
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Pereira CA, Gimenez A, Kuranishi L, Storrer K. Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis. J Asthma Allergy 2016; 9:171-181. [PMID: 27703382 PMCID: PMC5036552 DOI: 10.2147/jaa.s81540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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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 proposed for both chronic forms based on exposure, lung auscultation, lung function tests, HRCT findings, bronchoalveolar lavage, and biopsies. Treatment options are limited, but lung transplantation results in greater survival in comparison to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Randomized trials with new antifibrotic agents are necessary.
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- Pulmonology Postgraduate, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Pulmonology Postgraduate, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Pulmonology Postgraduate, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Khalil N, Churg A, Muller N, O'Connor R. Environmental, Inhaled and Ingested Causes of Pulmonary Fibrosis. Toxicol Pathol 2016; 35:86-96. [PMID: 17325977 DOI: 10.1080/01926230601064787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Pulmonary fibrosis is a general term that refers to a collection of connective tissue around alveolar structures. There are over 200 disorders where the lungs may be involved in a fibrotic response. To determine the cause of pulmonary fibrosis requires an in depth understanding of the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis and breadth of knowledge of the causative agents and associated disorders that may lead to pulmonary fibrosis. A comprehensive evaluation of the patient is absolutely essential, starting with detailed history that includes an occupational and environmental history because fibrogenic exposures can occur in many settings. Equally important is a history of ingestion of pharmaceutical or nonpharmaceutical substances. A physical examination and judicious investigations are always a part of any comprehensive clinical assessment but they are not commonly helpful in elucidating the cause of most pulmonary fibrotic disorders. Although, a chest film is invariably done, a logical and strongly recommended next step is a high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT). HRCT provides a better assessment of the radiological pattern, may suggest a diagnosis as well as direct the site, and type of lung biopsy. If the history and investigations do not lead to a diagnosis then a lung biopsy is required. Prevention or removal of the inciting agent is critical to the treatment of these disorders and in some instances corticosteroids may be of help.
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- Nasreen Khalil
- Department of Medicine, Respiratory Division, Vancouver General Hospital, V5Z 1M9, The University of British Columbia, Canada.
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Jacobs MR, Jacobs RL. Environmental challenge: An effective approach for diagnosis and remediation of exacerbations of hypersensitivity pneumonitis. THE JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY-IN PRACTICE 2016; 4:537-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2015.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2015] [Revised: 11/19/2015] [Accepted: 12/04/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Navarro C, Mejía M, Gaxiola M, Mendoza F, Carrillo G, Selman M. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis : a broader perspective. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 5:167-79. [PMID: 16696587 DOI: 10.2165/00151829-200605030-00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) represents a group of lung disorders caused by the inhalation of a wide variety of organic particles by susceptible individuals. HP occurs mainly in nonsmokers, but smoking may promote an insidious and chronic disease. The prevalence of HP is difficult to estimate accurately since several antigens can produce the disease, but the range spans infancy to old age. Regardless of the causative antigen or its environmental setting, the clinical manifestations are essentially the same. Three different clinical presentations have been recognized: acute, subacute, and chronic. In the acute form, patients show flu-like symptomatology, followed by dyspnea and dry cough. Symptoms subside a few hours or days later. The subacute and chronic forms result from recurrent low-level antigen exposure and are characterized by progressive dyspnea and dry cough. Other constitutional symptoms such as fatigue, anorexia, and weight loss can be apparent. Fever may occur in the subacute form. Importantly, chronic HP may evolve insidiously or may result from repeated acute/subacute episodes. Recurrent acute, subacute, and chronic HP may progress to irreversible lung fibrosis or provoke emphysematous changes.HP can be difficult to identify, and precise diagnosis requires a history of exposure and a constellation of clinical, imaging, laboratory, bronchoalveolar lavage and pathologic findings. General laboratory tests show an increase of acute phase reactants. Specific precipitating antibodies, when present, are evidence of antigen exposure, and are a hallmark for diagnosis. Chest radiograph usually reveals widespread ground-glass attenuation, and nodular or reticulonodular shadowing. High-resolution CT features include diffuse or patchy ground-glass opacities with small poorly defined nodules and air trapping. Pulmonary function tests are characterized by a predominantly restrictive ventilatory defect with loss of lung volume and hypoxemia at rest that worsens with exercise. Bronchoalveolar lavage reveals a significant increase in lymphocytes, mostly over 40%. In the acute form there is also an increase in neutrophils. Antigen-induced lymphocyte proliferation, and environmental or laboratory-controlled inhalation challenge, may be used for diagnostic purposes and can help to establish a diagnosis of insidious forms of HP. In subacute or chronic cases, lung biopsy may be necessary. Typical findings include bronchiolitis, lymphocytic alveolitis, and loosely formed granulomas, although occasionally other morphologic patterns such as nonspecific interstitial pneumonia may exist. Treatment focuses on avoiding further exposure to the offending antigen(s). Corticosteroids are recommended in subacute and chronic forms. The usual regimen consists of initial high doses of systemic corticosteroid (e.g. prednisone 0.5-1.0 mg/kg/day), followed by gradual tapering.
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- Carmen Navarro
- Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Mexico DF, Mexico
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Although cigarette smoking has been recognized as a risk factor for the development of several interstitial lung diseases, the relationship between smoking and nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) has not yet been fully elucidated. We here present a case of fibrotic NSIP with mild emphysema in an elderly male with normal pulmonary function, whose symptoms, serum KL-6 level, and high-resolution computed tomography findings of interstitial changes markedly improved without medication following the cessation of smoking. Our case suggests that smoking may be an etiological factor in some patients with NSIP and that early smoking cessation before a clinically detectable decline in pulmonary function may be critical for smokers with idiopathic NSIP.
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Dickson SD, Tankersley MS. Fatal Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis from Exposure to Fusarium vasinfectum in a Home Environment: A Case Report. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 2015; 166:150-3. [PMID: 25871746 DOI: 10.1159/000377631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2014] [Accepted: 01/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is a rare, non-IgE-mediated inflammatory lung disease caused by inhalational exposure to various antigens found in occupational, avocational and home environments. The prognosis is favorable with early detection and prompt removal of the causative agent, and fatalities are unusual. We present a fatal case of HP caused by chronic exposure to Fusarium vasinfectum mold in the home. CASE REPORT A 37-year-old white male presented with a 6-month history of progressively worsening dyspnea, cough, weight loss and fatigue associated with the self-renovation of his water-damaged, mold-infested mobile home. Evaluation included a physical examination (hypoxia, inspiratory crackles and expiratory rhonchi), baseline pulmonary function testing (mixed obstructive/restrictive pattern), chest computed tomography (bronchiectasis, fibrosis and diffuse interstitial involvement), bronchoalveolar lavage (macrophages 20%, lymphocytes 28% and neutrophils 52%) and transbronchial biopsy (interstitial fibrosis and chronic inflammatory infiltrate). Mold culture from the home grew out F. vasinfectum. An Ouchterlony double diffusion technique documented high antibody titer to F. vasinfectum. Despite aggressive intravenous corticosteroid treatment, the patient's lung function declined to the extent that he could not be removed from ventilator support following an open lung biopsy, eventually resulting in death. CONCLUSION This is the first reported case of fatal HP related to an acute exacerbation of a chronic form of HP following continuous and intense exposure to F. vasinfectum. Although uncommon, a high index of suspicion for HP is necessary in patients with progressive respiratory symptoms and known environmental antigen exposure. With early detection and prompt removal of the causative antigen, HP prognosis is generally favorable, but can progress to fatal disease with continued exposure.
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- Scott D Dickson
- Department of Allergy and Immunology, 56th MDG/SGOMA, Luke Air Force Base, Glendale, Ariz., USA
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Inase N. [111th Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine: Educational Lecture: 7. Diagnosis and treatment in hypersensitivity pneumonitis]. NIHON NAIKA GAKKAI ZASSHI. THE JOURNAL OF THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 2014; 103:2269-2274. [PMID: 27522789 DOI: 10.2169/naika.103.2269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Ramirez RM, Jacobs RL. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis by Fusarium vasinfectum in a home environment. THE JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY-IN PRACTICE 2014; 2:483-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2014.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2014] [Revised: 03/19/2014] [Accepted: 04/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Komiya K, Ishii H, Tsubone T, Okabe E, Matsumoto B, Kadota JI. Bird fancier's lung complicated by pulmonary nocardiosis. J Bras Pneumol 2013; 39:102-7. [PMID: 23503493 PMCID: PMC4075808 DOI: 10.1590/s1806-37132013000100015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2012] [Accepted: 05/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We report the case of an 84-year-old male who was admitted to the hospital with
persistent cough and dyspnea. An initial chest X-ray revealed pulmonary infiltrates.
Nocardia asteroides was detected in sputum, and the patient was
treated with antibiotics. However, his symptoms did not completely resolve. He was
admitted multiple times, and his symptoms relapsed after every discharge. He was
finally suspected of having hypersensitivity pneumonitis and was diagnosed with bird
fancier's lung. Pulmonary nocardiosis is likely to develop in patients with chronic
pulmonary disorders, such as COPD, as well as in immunosuppressed hosts. To our
knowledge, this is the first report of a case of bird fancier's lung complicated by
pulmonary nocardiosis.
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- Kosaku Komiya
- Department of Internal Medicine 2, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Yufu, Japan
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Unoura K, Miyazaki Y, Sumi Y, Tamaoka M, Sugita T, Inase N. Identification of fungal DNA in BALF from patients with home-related hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Respir Med 2011; 105:1696-703. [PMID: 21824758 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2011.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2011] [Revised: 07/16/2011] [Accepted: 07/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND In Japan, a major type of home-related hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is summer-type HP, which is caused by Trichosporon asahii (T. asahii) or Trichosporon mucoides. Some patients with home-related HP test negative for antibodies against Trichosporon; yet, a causative mold antigen cannot be identified. METHODS We analyzed 19 patients with home-related HP, 8 healthy volunteers, and 35 patients with other diseases. We extracted DNA from cell pellets of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF), amplified the DNA by PCR using Trichosporon-specific primers or other fungus-specific primers, and cloned as well as sequenced the PCR amplicon. Other primers used were specific for Acremonium chrysogenum, Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus niger, Fusarium napiforme, Humicola fuscoatra, Penicillium corylophilum, and Pezizia domiciliana. RESULTS We detected Trichosporon DNA (n = 17) and F. napiforme DNA (n = 2) by PCR in 19 patients with home-related HP; however, these species were not identified in healthy volunteers. After sequencing of the PCR amplicon for Trichosporon species, we identified T. asahii (n = 11), Trichosporon japonicum (n = 1), and Cryptococcus uzbekistanesis (n = 4). CONCLUSION We could detect fungal DNA in BALF cell pellets from patients with home-related HP. These data suggest that this method might be useful to detect antigens responsible for home-related HP.
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- Koji Unoura
- Department of Integrated Pulmonology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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Chiba S, Okada S, Suzuki Y, Watanuki Z, Mitsuishi Y, Igusa R, Sekii T, Uchiyama B. Cladosporium species-related hypersensitivity pneumonitis in household environments. Intern Med 2009; 48:363-7. [PMID: 19252363 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.1811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Home-related chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is sometimes difficult to discriminate because patients do not have an obvious history of antigen exposure. We report two HP cases which developed in an office area and in a home: a 47-year-old woman with acute-onset HP and a 72-year-old woman with chronic HP followed up as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis following isolation of Cladosporium cladosporioides and Cladosporium herbarum, respectively. Lymphocyte stimulating activity and antibody titer to these fungi were increased in these patients. Since Cladosporium spp. and several other fungi are present ubiquitously in our living environment, it is difficult to eliminate the antigen from the patients' environment to control the disease. Cladosporium spp. can be key antigens in inducing chronic HP in the home environment.
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Reply. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.05.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Jacobs RL. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis may be home-induced by common domestic mold spores. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2008; 122:428; author reply 428-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.05.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2008] [Accepted: 05/23/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Bird fancier's lung (BFL) is one of the most common types of hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Nevertheless, the criteria for diagnosing this condition are not standardized. The current study is an in-depth investigation into the clinical characteristics of BFL in the largest series examined for this purpose by a single group, to our knowledge, taking into account the acute, subacute, or chronic clinical presentation. From 1977 to 2003, BFL was diagnosed in 86 patients using a homogeneous protocol. Data from the clinical history and physical examination were analyzed, as well as the results from the following complementary examinations: laboratory analyses, specific serum IgG antibodies determination, chest X-ray, chest computed tomography (CT), pulmonary function testing, immediate hypersensitivity skin testing, delayed cutaneous hypersensitivity testing, bronchofibroscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and/or transbronchial biopsy, bronchial challenge testing, and surgical lung biopsy. In addition, clinical and epidemiologic characteristics were determined in a control group of 60 pigeon breeders who did not meet the diagnostic criteria of BFL. Eighty-six patients (21 men and 65 women) with a mean age of 47 years were studied. Seven (8%) patients were younger than 15 years of age at the time of the diagnosis. In 3 cases, the disease was caused by exposure to feather-filled bedding. Nearly 1 in 5 patients was diagnosed in the chronic phase of the disease. The mean diagnostic delay was 1.6 years overall, and 3.2 years in patients diagnosed in the chronic phase of the disease. Among the 17% of patients with chronic disease, the mean interval from initiation of exposure to diagnosis was 16 years, a higher value than in the acute or subacute presentation forms. Dyspnea and cough were the most common clinical symptoms (98% and 82%, respectively), and nearly 25% had grade III or IV dyspnea at diagnosis. Only 18% of patients experienced chest tightness, a symptom classically considered to be frequent in this condition. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate was elevated (>30 mm/h) in 44% of patients. Urinary calcium was elevated in 20% of patients. Angiotensin-converting enzyme was not elevated in any of the patients in which it was measured. Lactate dehydrogenase increases were found in 51% of patients. Specific IgG antibodies to avian antigens were documented in 92% of BFL patients, but also in 87% of pigeon breeder controls. The most frequent radiologic finding was an interstitial pattern in 79% of patients. Common chest CT features were ground glass areas (68%) and a mosaic pattern (61%); areas of emphysema were found in 7/41 (17%) patients, 5 of whom had never smoked. Two patients had a CT pattern of pulmonary fibrosis indistinguishable from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Immediate hypersensitivity skin testing with bird sera and pigeon bloom was positive in 78% and 100% of BFL patients, respectively, and in 64% and 88% of control pigeon breeders, respectively. Almost one-third of the patients (29%) presented an anergic response on delayed cutaneous hypersensitivity testing. Restrictive ventilatory impairment was the most frequent functional pattern (77%), although 9% and 4% showed a pure obstructive and mixed pattern, respectively. The carbon monoxide diffusing capacity was decreased (<80% of the predicted value) in 85% of cases. Forty-one percent of patients had PaO2 <60 mm Hg at diagnosis when blood gas analysis was performed. Lymphocytosis (>20% lymphocytes) was documented in 83% of patients who underwent BAL, with a similar frequency in the 3 presentation forms: 70% acute, 89% subacute, and 85% chronic. In addition, inversion of the CD4/CD8 ratio (<1) was observed in 62% of the patients, but 38% of cases showed a CD4 predominance. The characteristic triad of histopathologic findings in hypersensitivity pneumonitis was found in only 9% of patients undergoing transbronchial biopsy, but at least 1 of these findings was seen in 69%. Surgical lung biopsy was undertaken in 14/86 (16%) patients; the complete triad was observed in 50% and at least 1 finding in 100%. In 54/86 (63%) patients, the diagnosis was confirmed by bronchial challenge testing, a test with a sensitivity of 92% and specificity of 100%. BFL is a potentially severe disease that can progress to respiratory failure secondary to pulmonary fibrosis or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, as a form of chronic occupational respiratory disease. Respiratory symptoms in exposed patients, including children and adults who have only 1 pet bird at home, should raise the suspicion of BFL. Diagnosis in the chronic phase is frequent, and the delay to diagnosis was greatest in these cases. Elevated urinary calcium, lactate dehydrogenase, and erythrocyte sedimentation rate in a bird fancier may constitute a combined marker for suspected BFL. Chest CT frequently discloses emphysema and a pattern of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in some patients. An anergic response on delayed cutaneous hypersensitivity testing is not infrequent. The presentation with respiratory failure and the predominance of CD4 T lymphocytes in some patients' BAL are both remarkable. Lymphocytosis on BAL also persists in the chronic phase of the disease. Bronchial challenge testing has a high diagnostic yield, and surgical lung biopsy is not needed to reach the final diagnosis in the vast majority of cases.
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- Ferran Morell
- From Servei de Pneumologia (FM, LR, XM) i Unitat d'Investigació en Pneumologia (MJC), Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Departament de Medicina, Universitat Auto`noma de Barcelona, Barcelona; CIBERES, (Ciber Enfermedades Respiratorias) Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital Dos de Maig (AR) i Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital General de Catalunya (CM), Barcelona, Spain
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Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is traditionally divided on clinical grounds into acute, subacute, and chronic stages. Most biopsy specimens come from patients in the subacute stage, in which there is a relatively mild, usually peribronchiolar, chronic interstitial inflammatory infiltrate, accompanied in most cases by poorly formed interstitial granulomas or isolated giant cells. However, the pathologic features in the chronic, ie, fibrotic stage, are poorly defined in the literature. These features are important to recognize because the chronic stage of HP is often associated with a poor prognosis. We reviewed 13 cases of chronic HP. Where information was available, exposures to the sensitizing agent had generally occurred over a long period of time. Three patterns of fibrosis were seen: 1) predominantly peripheral fibrosis in a patchy pattern with architectural distortion and fibroblast foci resembling, microscopically, usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP); 2) relatively homogeneous linear fibrosis resembling fibrotic nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP); and 3) irregular predominantly peribronchiolar fibrosis. In some instances, mixtures of the UIP-like and peribronchiolar patterns were found. In all cases, the presence of scattered poorly formed granulomas, or isolated interstitial giant cells, or sometimes only Schaumann bodies indicated the correct diagnosis. In 7 cases, areas of typical subacute HP were present as well. High-resolution CT scans showed variable patterns ranging from severe fibrosis, in some instances with an upper zone predominance, to predominantly ground glass opacities with peripheral reticulation. We conclude that, at the level of morphology, chronic HP may closely mimic UIP or fibrotic NSIP. If no areas of subacute HP are evident, the presence of isolated giant cells, poorly formed granulomas, or Schaumann bodies is crucial to arriving at the correct diagnosis, and the finding of peribronchiolar fibrosis may be helpful. Despite the presence of extensive fibrosis, some patients responded to removal from exposure and steroid therapy.
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- Andrew Churg
- Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Jacobs RL, Andrews CP, Coalson JJ. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: beyond classic occupational disease-changing concepts of diagnosis and management. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2005; 95:115-28. [PMID: 16136760 DOI: 10.1016/s1081-1206(10)61200-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To review inhaled antigens in home environments that cause hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) of varied clinical expressions and histopathologic patterns. DATA SOURCES Computer-assisted MEDLINE and manual searches for articles concerning HP, interstitial lung disease (ILD), epidemiology of HP and ILD, challenge procedures of HP, and indoor fungi. STUDY SELECTION Published articles concerning inhaled antigens in home environments and HP were selected. RESULTS Current criteria for the diagnosis of HP are too restrictive, because most apply only to the classic acute presentation and are of limited value in the subacute and insidious forms. Clinical expressions vary across the gamut of respiratory tract signs and symptoms. Patterns on lung biopsy may include all histopathologic descriptions of idiopathic ILD. The home is the likely causative environment rather than the workplace. Exposures may be occult and require in-depth environmental histories and on-site investigations to detect antigens and sources. CONCLUSIONS Natural or environmental challenges have become an important tool for diagnosing HP and determining effectiveness of remediation. Early diagnosis and effective remediation of the cause lead to a high survival rate, whereas diagnosis in advanced stages leads to disability and/or premature death.
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- Robert L Jacobs
- Biogenics Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas 78229, USA.
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Cormier Y. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: restrictive diagnostic criteria or a different disease? Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2005; 95:99. [PMID: 16136757 DOI: 10.1016/s1081-1206(10)61197-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Ohtani Y, Saiki S, Kitaichi M, Usui Y, Inase N, Costabel U, Yoshizawa Y. Chronic bird fancier's lung: histopathological and clinical correlation. An application of the 2002 ATS/ERS consensus classification of the idiopathic interstitial pneumonias. Thorax 2005; 60:665-71. [PMID: 16061708 PMCID: PMC1747497 DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.027326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND Chronic bird fancier's lung (BFL) has often been misdiagnosed as one of the idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs). METHODS To define the clinical and pathological characteristics of chronic BFL, 26 patients with chronic BFL from whom a surgical lung biopsy specimen was taken between October 1992 and June 2001 were evaluated. The histopathological characteristics of the surgical lung biopsy specimens were examined and correlations between the histopathology and clinical characteristics were analysed. The quality of chronic inflammatory and fibrotic changes was expressed according to the 2002 ATS/ERS consensus classification of IIPs. RESULTS Two patients were diagnosed as having bronchiolitis obliterans organising pneumonia (BOOP)-like lesions, five as having cellular non-specific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP)-like lesions, and eight as having fibrotic NSIP-like lesions. The other 11 patients were considered to have usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP)-like lesions because of the temporal heterogeneous appearances of the fibrotic changes. However, fibrosis in these patients had developed in centrilobular as well as perilobular areas, suggestive of hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Nineteen patients (73.1%) had multinucleated giant cells, often with cholesterol clefts, while only five patients (19.2%) had granulomas. Patients with BOOP-like or cellular NSIP-like lesions tended to have recurrent acute episodes, whereas patients with UIP-like lesions had an insidious onset. Patients with BOOP-like or cellular NSIP-like lesions had a more favourable outcome than those with fibrotic NSIP-like and UIP-like lesions. CONCLUSIONS The qualities of chronic inflammatory and fibrotic lesions vary significantly among patients with chronic BFL but correlate with clinical features and prognosis.
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- Y Ohtani
- Integrated Pulmonology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 5-45, Yushima 1-chome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) represents a group of immunologically mediated lung disorders provoked by recurrent exposure to various environmental agents. HP is multifaceted and may mimic almost any interstitial lung disease, some infectious diseases,and even bronchiolar disorders. In the absence of a diagnostic gold standard,diagnosis of HP requires a combination of clinical, environmental, radiologic, physiologic,and pathologic findings that represent a diagnostic challenge for clinicians and-in the chronic form-even for experienced pathologists. Therapeutic approach includes avoiding further exposure and, depending on the clinical form, the administration of a course of prednisone. New anti-inflammatory, immunoregulatory, and antifibrotic drugs are urgently needed for this and other interstitial lung diseases.
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- Moisés Selman
- Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Tlalpan 4502, CP 14080, México DF, México.
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Chapman JA, Terr AI, Jacobs RL, Charlesworth EN, Bardana EJ. Toxic mold: phantom risk vs science. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2003; 91:222-32. [PMID: 14533653 DOI: 10.1016/s1081-1206(10)63522-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To review the available literature on the subject of fungi (molds) and their potential impact on health and to segregate information that has scientific validity from information that is yet unproved and controversial. DATA SOURCES This review represents a synthesis of the available literature in this area with the authors' collective experience with many patients presenting with complaints of mold-related illness. STUDY SELECTION Pertinent scientific investigation on toxic mold issues and previously published reviews on this and related subjects that met the educational objectives were critically reviewed. RESULTS Indoor mold growth is variable, and its discovery in a building does not necessarily mean occupants have been exposed. Human response to fungal antigens may induce IgE or IgG antibodies that connote prior exposure but not necessarily a symptomatic state. Mold-related disease has been discussed in the framework of noncontroversial and controversial disorders. CONCLUSIONS When mold-related symptoms occur, they are likely the result of transient irritation, allergy, or infection. Building-related illness due to mycotoxicosis has never been proved in the medical literature. Prompt remediation of water-damaged material and infrastructure repair should be the primary response to fungal contamination in buildings.
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- Jean A Chapman
- University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA. jachapmn@swbellnet
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Drent M, du Bois RM, Poletti V. Recent advances in the diagnosis and management of nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. Curr Opin Pulm Med 2003; 9:411-7. [PMID: 12904713 DOI: 10.1097/00063198-200309000-00013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia is a heterogeneous group of diseases. Recently, the importance of a detailed differentiation of nonspecific interstitial pneumonia from other idiopathic interstitial pneumonias has been demonstrated. Most critical appeared to be a proper classification based on clinical presentation, high-resolution CT findings, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid cell findings, and histopathology. This classification may guide the most appropriate therapeutic approach and has significant implications regarding prognosis. Recent advances in the diagnosis and management of nonspecific interstitial pneumonia, cellular and fibrosing variants, are discussed.
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- Marjolein Drent
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Zacharisen MC. "A bird in the house is worse than two in the coop". Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2003; 90:579-80. [PMID: 12839312 DOI: 10.1016/s1081-1206(10)61857-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Jacobs RL, Andrews CP. Hypersensitivity pneumonia-nonspecific interstitial pneumonia/fibrosis histopathologic presentation: a study in diagnosis and long-term management. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2003; 90:265-70. [PMID: 12602678 DOI: 10.1016/s1081-1206(10)62153-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Nonspecific interstitial pneumonia/fibrosis (NSIP) has been classified a form of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia/fibrosis. We have shown that cases of NSIP without demonstrable serum precipitins may be caused by inhalation of high levels of mold and/or bacteria in closed environments. OBJECTIVE We report a patient with a clinical and histopathologic diagnosis of NSIP without serum precipitins caused by a microbial contamination in her home. Her case was converted from an acute to an insidious clinical presentation by inadequate remediation. A prolonged avoidance-challenge technique demonstrated that this case of NSIP was a form of hypersensitivity pneumonia that was reversible by effective remediation. METHODS The patient was identified by compatible signs and symptoms, roentgenographic studies, pulmonary function tests, and a transbronchial lung biopsy. She was further evaluated with a detailed environmental history, serologic tests, and investigation of the home environment. An environmental avoidance and challenge technique was performed to confirm cause and effect and to determine that remediation had been effective. RESULTS Review of the biopsy showed NSIP and failed to reveal any non-caseating granuloma formation. Investigation of the home revealed a Cladosporium species contamination of the air conditioning system and Penicillium species beneath an entryway carpet. Serum precipitins to commercial antigens of common mold to the south Texas area were negative. Avoidance and challenge techniques confirmed the home as the causative environment in this case of NSIP. The patient has been free of signs and symptoms and has taken no medication for interstitial lung disease over the past 30 months. CONCLUSIONS Some cases of NSIP may be caused by inhalation of microbial antigen(s) in a closed environment. An environmental challenge technique was an effective method to determine the causative environment and confirm that remediation had been effective. Inadequate remediation may lead to symptomatic improvement, but may convert a patient from an acute to an insidious presenter. The environmental challenge obviates a need for specific challenges to determine specific causation. Remediation of or moving from an environmental contamination to achieve reversibility or prevent progression was the treatment of choice to avoid use of long-term immunosuppressive agents.
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- Robert L Jacobs
- Biogenics Research Institute, Lung Diagnostics, San Antonio, Texas 78229, USA.
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Zacharisen MC. Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia: are we missing hypersensitivity pneumonitis? Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2002; 88:4-6. [PMID: 11814276 DOI: 10.1016/s1081-1206(10)63584-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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