Carbamazepine-induced interstitial pneumonitis in a lung transplant patient.
A 19-year-old female lung transplant recipient developed peripheral eosinophilia and interstitial infiltrates on chest radiograph shortly after commencing carbamazepine. A lung biopsy was consistent with interstitial pneumonitis and following withdrawal of the drug and treatment with steroids her symptoms resolved. This is the first described case of carbamezipine-induced pneumonitis in the lung transplant population.
Archibald
Neil
N
The William Leech Centre for Lung Research, The Freeman Hospital, High Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, UK.
Yates
Bryan
B
Murphy
Desmond
D
Black
Fiona
F
Lordan
James
J
Dark
John
J
Corris
Paul A
PA
D000328:Adult; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000139:chemically induced*; D016040:Lung Transplantation
D000927:Anticonvulsants; D002220:Carbamazepine