A case of cyclophosphamide-induced interstitial pneumonitis diagnosed by bronchoalveolar lavage.
A successfully treated case of cyclophosphamide pneumonitis, which developed during treatment for a leukemic phase of B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, is documented. Subtyping of lymphocytes in the peripheral blood and the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid easily excluded a possible diagnosis of pulmonary involvement of lymphoma. Bronchoalveolar lavage is a useful approach to determine the correct etiology of pneumonitis.
Usui
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Department of Internal Medicine, Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.
Aida
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H
Kimula
Y
Y
Miura
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H
Aoyagi
Y
Y
Nakayama
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M
Takayama
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S
D000368:Aged; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000188:drug therapy; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D003520:Cyclophosphamide