title: Constrictive bronchiolitis obliterans following gold therapy for psoriatic arthritis.
abstract: A 41 year old male with psoriatic arthritis developed progressive dyspnoea and airflow obstruction following 4 months of intramuscular gold therapy. Open lung biopsy revealed bronchiolitis obliterans of the constrictive type. This case suggests a possible aetiological role for gold in the pathogenesis of constrictive bronchiolitis obliterans, or alternatively an association between psoriatic arthritis and this inflammatory airway condition.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Schwartzman
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Bowie
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yeadon
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fraser
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Sutton
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Levy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018501:Antirheumatic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015535:Arthritis, Psoriatic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001706:Biopsy; D001989:Bronchiolitis Obliterans / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D050607:Organogold Compounds
chemical_list: D018501:Antirheumatic Agents; D050607:Organogold Compounds