Bronchoalveolar lavage in acute hypersensitivity pneumonitis caused by sulfasalazine

Chest. 1987 Sep;92(3):572-3. doi: 10.1378/chest.92.3.572.

Abstract

Sulfasalazine has been reported to induce pulmonary eosinophilia and hypersensitivity with symptoms of dyspnea and fever. We present the results of bronchoalveolar lavage in a patient with acute sulfasalazine-induced hypersensitivity pneumonitis. The lavage specimen showed a significant influx of eosinophils.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic / chemically induced*
  • Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic / pathology
  • Bronchi / pathology
  • Eosinophils / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Alveoli / pathology
  • Pulmonary Eosinophilia / chemically induced
  • Sulfasalazine / adverse effects*
  • Therapeutic Irrigation

Substances

  • Sulfasalazine