[A case of myelodysplastic syndrome complicated with organizing pneumonia].
A 74-year-old man had been given a diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), and had been treated with granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF). 1 year later, he suffered from fever and his chest X-ray lung biopsy did not provide a diagnosis, video-assisted thoracoscopic lung biopsy was performed, which yielded a histological diagnosis of organizing pneumonia. His pulmonary disease was diagnosed as secondary organizing pneumonia due to MDS, and was treated successfully with steroids. Vigorous efforts to establish a histological diagnosis is needed for the antibiotics-resistant pneumonia in the case of MDS.
Yamakawa
Noriyuki
N
Department of Internal Medicine, Himeji Medical Center.
Mochizuki
Yoshirou
Y
Nakahara
Yasuharu
Y
Kawamura
Tetsuji
T
Sasaki
Shin
S
Nishio
Chihiro
C
Tsukamoto
Hiroaki
H
Mizumori
Yasuyuki
Y
Mayumi
Tetsuichirou
T
Kobashi
Yoichiro
Y
D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D018549:Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000150:complications*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed