Pheumatosis cystoides intestinalis after α-glucosidase inhibitor treatment in a patient with interstitial pneumonitis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 73-76

  Hisamoto, Akiko ^b   Mizushima, Takaaki ^b   Sato, Ken ^a   Haruta, Yuro ^a   Tanimoto, Yasushi ^b   Tanimoto, Mitsune ^b   Matsuo, Keisuke ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

glucosidase inhibitor; Non specific interstitial pneumonitis; Pneumatosis cystoids intestinalis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE INHIBITOR; OXYGEN; PREDNISONE; VOGLIBOSE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOSIDASE; INOSITOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN THERAPY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG ANTAGONISM; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

DIABETES MELLITUS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GLUCOSIDASES; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INOSITOL; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMATOSIS CYSTOIDES INTESTINALIS; PREDNISONE;

EID: 33344475523     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.45.1330     Document Type: Article

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