Pulmonary infiltrates associated with gold therapy. Report of a case.
A case report is presented concerning diffuse pulmonary infiltrates due to sodium aurothiomalate therapy in a 67-year-old woman suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. After the gold treatment was stopped, prednisolone therapy produced complete remission of the pulmonary reaction.
D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006052:Gold Sodium Thiomalate / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000187:drug effects*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011859:Radiography
D006052:Gold Sodium Thiomalate; D011239:Prednisolone