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A female case of Japanese summer-type hypersensitivity pneumonitis who was a smoker developed in chronic respiratory failure several years later. Biopsy specimen on first admission showed findings of granulomatous bronchioloalveolitis distributed in the center of secondary lobules. Pulmonary
A 40-year-old man who lived in a wooden house built 30 years ago presented with complaints of fever, dry cough and dyspnea. Chest X-ray findings showed interstitial shadows throughout bilateral lung fields. After admission, high-dose administration of 3000 mg of methylprednisolone was performed
A unique form of hypersensitivity pneumonitis in which clinical symptoms appear in the summer and subside spontaneously in the mid-autumn was found in Japan. This disease was named summer-type hypersensitivity pneumonitis and was found the most prevalent form in Japan. This disease has the following
A 51-year-old man with chief complaints of cough, fever, and dyspnea was admitted to our hospital. Based on a home provocation test, transbronchial lung biopsy specimens, and a serum antibody, we diagnosed summer-type hypersensitivity pneumonitis. In 1983 when the patient was 46 years old,
We encountered a family in which all of the three members (the parents, a 45-year-old woman and 51-year-old man, and their 15-year-old daughter) had Trichosporon cutaneum antibodies (corrected of antigen), and two (the parents) suffered from summer-type hypersensitivity pneumonitis in the late
We encountered two patients with summer-type hypersensitivity pneumonitis that developed in Nagano Prefecture. Patient 1 was a 61-year-old man who had worked in warm and humid environments as painter. He was referred to our hospital because of fever, coughing and exertional dyspnea. Respiratory
A 74-year-old-man (case 1) was admitted to our hospital because of dry cough, fever, and dyspnea on effort. His daughter-in-law, a 53-year-old-woman (case 2), was also admitted to our hospital on suspicion of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP). Their diagnoses of HP were established by radiological,
We encountered a pair of monozygotic twins with summer-type hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Patients 1 and 2 were 24-year-old men who worked in the same place and shared the same room, which was built of wood. In August, patient 1, a non-smoker, was referred to our hospital because of coughing, fever
We encountered a family in which three of the five members (The parents and a daughter) had summer-type hypersensitivity pneumonitis that occurred in late summer. All three patients had a productive cough and shortness of breath. Chest roentgenograms of the mother and daughter (but not the father)
A 53-year-old-woman presented our hospital with 1 month history of exertional dyspnea and mild fever. When examined, temperature was 37.2℃ and her respiratory rate of 22/min with an O2 saturation of 95% (02 4L/min), the rest of her vital signs were normal. The Chest X-ray was significant for
We encountered a family in which two of four members, the husband and his wife, had summer-type hypersensitivity pneumonitis at the same time, about two months after they moved to the residence. A 45-year-old man had cough, fever and exertional dyspnea. Chest computed tomography showed diffuse
Case 1: A 32-year-old woman had cough and exertional dyspnea in August 2002, and chest computed tomographic scan revealed diffuse centrilobular nodules. Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) showed a high proportion of lymphocytes with a decreased CD 4/CD 8 ratio. Transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB)
A 77-year-old man was admitted to our hospital. He had first noticed a cough, sputum production, and low-grade fever during the summer of 1988. He was diagnosed as having summer-type hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) in 1989 on the basis of positive findings of anti-Trichosporon antibodies in the
A 37-year-old-woman was admitted to our hospital because of chest bilateral reticular shadow with fever, cough, general malaise and exertional dyspnea in the summer. A diagnosis of summer-type hypersensitivity pneumonitis (SHP) was made by radiological, serological and histological examinations. Her
A 59-year-old woman receiving methotrexate and tacrolimus for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was referred to our hospital following bilateral ground-glass opacity observed in her chest X-ray and elevated serum KL-6. After methotrexate and tacrolimus cessation, shortness of breath developed and