pneumonitis


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pneumonitis

[‚nü·mə′nīd·əs]
(medicine)
Inflammation of the lung.
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In summary, we have described a patient who developed late-onset Grade 4 pneumonitis after nivolumab treatment accompanied by acute pulmonary embolism; rt-PA, high-dose corticosteroid therapy, and intravenous immunoglobulin therapy were lifesaving.
Severe Pneumonitis after Nivolumab Treatment Accompanied by Acute Pulmonary Embolism in a Patient with Lung Adenocarcinoma
The reviewers found that pneumonitis was significantly linked to PD-1/PD-Ll inhibitor therapy (P less than .
Adverse effects of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors varied by tumor type
13,19 However, our data differs from the results of the prospective ILD registry in India in which hypersensitivity pneumonitis was found to be the most common ILD (47.
Spectrum of interstitial lung disease from a tertiary care hospital in Karachi
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP), also known as extrinsic allergic alveolitis, is an inflammatory lung disorder caused by an exaggerated immune response to the inhalation of a variety of organic antigenic particles found in the environment.
Diagnostic Approach to Advanced Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease: Bringing Together Clinical, Radiologic, and Histologic Clues
The term hypersensitivity pneumonitis, when used to describe drug-mediated interactions, may be slightly misplaced, since the mechanism of action in drug-mediated disease is not secondary to inhaled antigens.
Deciphering drug-induced interstitial lung disease: A mechanistic approach
Our patient had clinical, radiological, and histological evidence of acute interstitial pneumonitis (AIP) as the initial presentation of pSjS [9].
Primary Sjogren's syndrome presenting as acute interstitial pneumonitis/Hamman-Rich syndrome
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C-reactive protein (CRP), and hypersensitivity pneumonitis panel were all within normal limits.
Teppanyaki/Hibachi Pneumonitis: An Exotic Cause of Exogenous Lipoid Pneumonia
Akira et al reported diffuse or multi-focal groundglass opacities with intralobular interstitial thickening as the mainfeature in chemotherapy associated pneumonitis.
HRCT LUNG FINDINGS IN POST CHEMOTHERAPY PATIENTS EMERGING CHALLENGE FOR RADIOLOGISTS
After 4 weeks, the patient was discharged to a long-term-care facility on supplemental oxygen because his chemical pneumonitis was not fully resolved.
Acute mercury poisoning after home gold and silver smelting--Iowa, 2014
A two-month-old male baby, weighing 4000g, was admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit with severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) pneumonitis.
Two cases of pneumatoceles in mechanically ventilated infants
Bleomycin pulmonary toxicity (BPT) manifests predominantly as pulmonary fibrosis, organizing pneumonia or nonspecific interstitial pneumonitis.
Drug induced lung disease--amiodarone in focus/Lekovima izazvana plucna bolest sa posebnim osvrtom na amiodaron
Because acute radiation pneumonitis and late radiation fibrosis are still not well demarcated clinically after radiotherapy to the lung, we used the term radiation pneumopathy for this continuing process.
The outcome of cyberknife treatment for primary or metastatic malignant lung tumors

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