Desquamative interstitial pneumonitis causing acute respiratory failure, responsive only to immunosuppressants

G Flusser; G Gurman; H Zirkin; I Prinslo; D Heimer

doi:10.1159/000195954

Desquamative interstitial pneumonitis causing acute respiratory failure, responsive only to immunosuppressants

Respiration. 1991;58(5-6):324-6. doi: 10.1159/000195954.

Authors

G Flusser¹, G Gurman, H Zirkin, I Prinslo, D Heimer

Affiliation

¹ Division of Anesthesiology, Soroka Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of Negev, Faculty of Health Sciences, Beer-Sheva, Israel.

PMID: 1792426
DOI: 10.1159/000195954

Abstract

We present a case of a 66-year-old man who suffered from acute respiratory failure due to desquamative interstitial pneumonia. The pneumonitis was resistant to steroids, but responded promptly to cyclophosphamide, with immediate relapse upon withdrawal of the drug.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Aged
Cyclophosphamide / administration & dosage
Cyclophosphamide / therapeutic use*
Humans
Male
Pulmonary Fibrosis / complications*
Pulmonary Fibrosis / drug therapy
Respiratory Insufficiency / drug therapy
Respiratory Insufficiency / etiology*

Substances

Cyclophosphamide