A 63 year old Turkish woman with recurrent pneumonia

The differential diagnosis of a sinubronchial syndrome includes cystic fibrosis, allergic bronchopulmonic aspergillosis, Kartagener's syndrome, hypogammaglobulinemia and bronchioli-associated processes. The latter include cryptogenic organising pneumonia, constrictive bronchiolitis obliterans as well as the respiratory bronchiolitis. Our case presented a persistent interstitial shadow in the x-rax of the thorax and a relevant, mixed ventilation disturbance in lung function. A surgically performed lung biopsy finally allowed the diagnosis of diffuse panbronchiolitis, which is seldom found in central Europe. This disease is of unknown etiology and responds to long-term macrolide therapy.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2007

Erschienen:

2007

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:48

Enthalten in:

Der Internist - 48(2007), 4 vom: 05. Apr., Seite 420-5

Sprache:

Deutsch

Weiterer Titel:

63-jährige Türkin mit rezidivierenden Pneumonien

Beteiligte Personen:

Breidert, M [VerfasserIn]
Janssen-Langenstein, R [VerfasserIn]
Hambrecht, S [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Case Reports
Journal Article
Macrolides

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 08.08.2007

Date Revised 13.11.2018

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM168494817