title: Bronchoalveolar lavage in acute hypersensitivity pneumonitis caused by sulfasalazine.
abstract: Sulfasalazine has been reported to induce pulmonary eosinophilia and hypersensitivity with symptoms of dyspnea and fever. We present the results of bronchoalveolar lavage in a patient with acute sulfasalazine-induced hypersensitivity pneumonitis. The lavage specimen showed a significant influx of eosinophils.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000542:Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000473:pathology; D011657:Pulmonary Eosinophilia / Q000139:chemically induced; D012460:Sulfasalazine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation
chemical_list: D012460:Sulfasalazine