Bronchoalveolar lavage in gold lung.
We report the results of bronchoalveolar lavage in a patient with gold salt-induced interstitial pneumonitis. The presence of elevated numbers of lymphocytes in the lavage specimen supports a hypersensitivity-related pathogenesis of this disease. Such findings may help distinguish pulmonary complications of gold therapy from interstitial disease due to rheumatoid arthritis.
D000328:Adult; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000188:drug therapy; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006052:Gold Sodium Thiomalate / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000276:immunology; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation
D006052:Gold Sodium Thiomalate