title: Shortness of breath secondary to a pet cockatiel.
abstract: A case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis in a 40-year-old patient secondary to a pet bird is presented. The clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management of hypersensitivity pneumonitis are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Emergency Physicians of Tidewater, Norfolk, USA.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Montgomery
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Counselman
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Rawls
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001716:Bird Fancier's Lung / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography