Severe hypoxemia in farmer's lung disease with normal findings on chest roentgenogram.
A 33-year-old woman farmer developed an acute episode of fever, cough, and shaking chills with persistent shortness of breath. Her PaO2 was 51 with a restrictive pattern on pulmonary function. Her diffusion capacity was 36 percent of predicted. In spite of these abnormalities, she always had normal chest roentgenographic findings. Further studies, including a lung biopsy, led to the diagnosis of farmer's lung disease.
D000328:Adult; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005203:Farmer's Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D011859:Radiography; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests
D004318:Doxycycline