Recurrent episodes of dermatomyositis-associated pneumonitis masquerading as hypersensitivity pneumonitis

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 895-897

  Vahid, Bobbak ^a,b   Marik, Paul E ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Interstitial lung disease

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; ESOMEPRAZOLE; MONTELUKAST; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEROLOGY; SKIN EXAMINATION;

ADULT; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; AZATHIOPRINE; BIOPSY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PREDNISONE; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33751072628     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: 00272507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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