https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/584337
標題: | Diffuse alveolar damage in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis under prolonged leflunomide treatment | 作者: | LI-TA KENG MONG-WEI LIN Huang H.-N. KUEI-PIN CHUNG |
公開日期: | 2016 | 出版社: | Lippincott Williams and Wilkins | 卷: | 95 | 期: | 26 | 來源出版物: | Medicine (United States) | 摘要: | Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) often have pulmonary involvement, and interstitial lung disease (ILD) is the primary manifestation, in which diffuse alveolar damage (DAD) is a rare histopathologic pattern. Leflunomide (LEF) is a frequently prescribed disease-modifying antirheumatic drug for treating RA. LEF-related ILD in the form of DAD has been reported in patients with RA, with the duration of LEF treatment before symptom onset ranging from 6 to 1204 days. We present a case of elderly woman with RA under prolonged LEF treatment for >9 years (3291 days), who had acute respiratory failure with the initial presentation of exertional dyspnea, fever, chills, and productive cough for 2 days. The histopathologic result of surgical lung biopsy was compatible with DAD. She was diagnosed as having LEF-related ILD, based on correlated clinical history, compatible histopathologic examination and excluding possible infection after extensive survey. Although the causative role of LEF cannot be confirmed, this case still hints that LEF-related DAD may occur even if LEF has been prescribed for a prolonged period. ? 2016 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. |
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ISSN: | 0025-7974 | DOI: | 10.1097/MD.0000000000004044 | SDG/關鍵字: | ceftriaxone; cotrimoxazole; cyclosporin; leflunomide; levofloxacin; methotrexate; methylprednisolone; prednisolone; antirheumatic agent; isoxazole derivative; leflunomide; acute respiratory failure; aged; blood culture; bronchoalveolar lavage fluid; case report; chill; community acquired pneumonia; computer assisted tomography; coughing; diffuse alveolar damage; drug substitution; drug withdrawal; dyspnea; female; fever; follow up; histopathology; human; interstitial lung disease; lung auscultation; lung biopsy; lung injury; lung resection; medical history; Pneumocystis pneumonia; priority journal; Review; rheumatoid arthritis; thorax radiography; tracheal aspiration procedure; treatment response; urea nitrogen blood level; very elderly; wedge resection; Arthritis, Rheumatoid; chemically induced; interstitial lung disease; lung alveolus; time factor; Aged, 80 and over; Antirheumatic Agents; Arthritis, Rheumatoid; Female; Humans; Isoxazoles; Lung Diseases, Interstitial; Pulmonary Alveoli; Time Factors |
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