Acute interstitial pneumonitis induced by carbamazepine.
A 62 year old man treated with carbamazepine for 3 months developed eczema and acute interstitial pneumonitis. A lymphocyte-stimulation test was reactive to carbamazepine. Withdrawal of the drug resulted in prompt improvement. Only 10 cases of this type of drug-induced lung disease have previously been reported.
Takahashi
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Research Institute for Diseases of the Chest Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Aizawa
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Takata
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Matsumoto
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Koto
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Inoue
H
H
Hara
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N
D000208:Acute Disease; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003875:Drug Eruptions / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000139:chemically induced*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D002220:Carbamazepine