Localised alveolar-septal amyloidosis with hypersensitivity pneumonitis
1992; Elsevier BV; Volume: 339; Issue: 8804 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/0140-6736(92)91595-y
ISSN1474-547X
AutoresRamón Orriols, J.L. Aliaga, Ferrán Morell, María Jesús Rodrigo, Francisco J. Blanco, L. J. Royo,
Tópico(s)Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
ResumoLocalised alveolar-septal amyloidosis has been thought irreversible. A woman exposed to the dust of sea-snail shells during the manufacture of nacre buttons had clinical and immunological features typical of hypersensitivity pneumonitis; however, transbronchial lung biopsy showed alveolar-septal amyloidosis. There was no evidence of other diseases known to be associated with amyloidosis, nor were amyloid deposits found in other organs. After a year without exposure to the antigen there was no trace of either pneumonitis or amyloidosis.
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