Mushroom worker's lung disease.
Although usually considered a feature in mushroom worker's lung disease, hilar adenopathy was not found and only 8 of the authors' 26 patients exhibited positive radiographic findings. The etiology of the disease is allergic with a radiographic appearance of alveolitis which may present with consolidation or a reticular pattern. None of the 26 patients exhibited enlargment of the hilar lymph nodes. The acute phase subsides in 10 days to 6 weeks after exposure has ceased.
D000328:Adult; D000946:Antigens, Fungal; D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged
D000946:Antigens, Fungal