[Acute non-tuberculous military lung].
The authors report the case of a young woman with acute miliary appearance of the lung with asphyxia, from which she rapidly recovered.  No cause was demonstrated; this illustrates the difficulty in diagnosis of this disease.  Contact with a bird, led the authors to consider exogenous, allergic granulomatosis, but immunological examinations did not confirm this.  Apart from tuberculosis, almost 50 different pathogenic organisms may cause acute respiratory failure associated with a miliary or reticulo-nodular appearance of the lung.  The main methods of diagnosis are discussed in relation to the most commonly observed causes in France.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000150:complications; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D011009:Pneumoconiosis / Q000150:complications; D009956:Psittacosis / Q000150:complications; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000150:complications; D012130:Respiratory Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000175:diagnosis; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications
Miliaire aiguë non tuberculeuse