[A case of interstitial pneumonia caused by gosha-jinki-gan]

Nihon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi. 2004 Nov;41(6):675-8. doi: 10.3143/geriatrics.41.675.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 74-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital of Ehime University School of Medicine because of slight fever, dry cough and dyspnea on exertion. Chest X-ray films on admission showed diffuse infiltrations in both lungs. Drug-induced pneumonia due to the herbal medicine Gosha-jinki-gan was suspected, as Gosha-jinki-gan had been administered for 5 months for the treatment of a right knee pain. Her symptoms and the X-ray abnormality improved after cessation of administration. The lymphocyte stimulation test against Gosha-jinki-gan was positive. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of interstitial pneumonia caused by Gosha-jinki-gan.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Arthralgia / drug therapy
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases, Interstitial / chemically induced*
  • Lung Diseases, Interstitial / diagnostic imaging
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • gosha-jinki-gan