Shortness of breath secondary to a pet cockatiel.
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.
Montgomery
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Department of Emergency Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Emergency Physicians of Tidewater, Norfolk, USA.
Counselman
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Rawls
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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