Lung injury associated with electronic cigarettes inhalation diagnosed by transbronchial lung biopsy

Respirology Case Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Itoh, Masayuki ^a   Aoshiba, Kazutetsu ^b   Herai, Yoriko ^a   Nakamura, Hiroyuki ^b   Takemura, Tamiko ^c  

^a Kashiwa Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPANESE RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute lung injury; Bronchoalveolar lavage; Electronic cigarette; Lipid laden macrophages; Transbronchial lung biopsy

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRACKLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; EOSINOPHIL; FEVER; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LIPID LADEN MACROPHAGE; LUNG ALVEOLITIS; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHIL; NIGHT SWEAT; PALLOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 85039706277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20513380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcr2.282     Document Type: Article

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