Cyclophosphamide-induced interstitial pneumopathy. Course data of bronchoalveolar lavage apropos of a case and review of the literature] |
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| Authors: | A Cuguillière H Bérard G N'Guyen J Miltgen G Martet J Eskandari D Bonnet |
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| Affiliation: | Service de Pneumologie, H?pital d'Instruction des Armées Laveran, Marseille Armées. |
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| Abstract: | A patient treated with cyclophosphamide for breast cancer developed functional and clinicoradiological signs of sub-acute diffuse interstitial pneumopathy. Bronchoalveolar lavage revealed lymphocyte alveolitis. Differential diagnoses were excluded and the course was favorable after cyclophosphamide withdrawal. The bronchoalveolar lavage results obtained initially and at follow-up and two previous lavages reported in the literature demonstrate the importance of this examination in the diagnosis of drug-induced pneumopathy. |
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