[The so-called pituitary snuff-taker's lung. A case contribution].
A 37-year-old woman who had developed diabetes insipidus after an abortion, requiring nasal substitution treatment with desmopressin (Minirin), began to suffer from fatigue, nocturnal sweating, cough and dyspnoea on exertion. Exogenous-allergic alveolitis was demonstrated by chest x-ray, lung function tests, blood gas analysis, broncho-alveolar lavage and transbronchial lung biopsy. After changing the treatment to an intramuscularly administered preparation and starting steroid therapy the clinical, radiological and lung function findings rapidly improved.
Krumhaar
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Lungenklinik Havelhöhe, Berlin.
Urban
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Stempinski
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Otto
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D000281:Administration, Intranasal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D000542:Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D003894:Deamino Arginine Vasopressin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D003919:Diabetes Insipidus / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D003894:Deamino Arginine Vasopressin
Die sogenannte Hypophysenschnupferlunge. Ein kasuistischer Beitrag.