Interstitial pneumonitis following intrapleural chemotherapy

Interstitial pneumonitis following intrapleural chemotherapy

BACKGROUND Mucinous neoplasms within the abdomen may disseminate by direct extension through the diaphragm to involve the pleural space. Treatment of this condition is by parietal and visceral pleurectomy followed by hyperthermic intrapleural chemotherapy. CASE PRESENTATION In this case report a patient developed persistent right upper lobe interstitial pneumonitis and progressive parenchymal...

Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis following Legionnaire's pneumonia.

Desquamative interstitial pneumonitis vs usual interstitial pneumonitis.

My colleague and collaborator, the late Edgar G. Harrison, Jr., M.D., was of the opinion that “desquamation” was a fundamental phenomenon in the spectrum of usual interstitial pneumonitis. In our report’ on classic interstitial pneumonitis-flbrosis, we found that almost two-thirds of our biopsies revealed this finding. Harrison believed that the designation, “desquamative interstitial pneurnoni...

Desquamative Interstitial Pneumonitis vs Usual Interstitial Pneumonitis

My colleague and collaborator, the late Edgar G. Harrison, Jr., M.D., was of the opinion that “desquamation” was a fundamental phenomenon in the spectrum of usual interstitial pneumonitis. In our report’ on classic interstitial pneumonitis-flbrosis, we found that almost two-thirds of our biopsies revealed this finding. Harrison believed that the designation, “desquamative interstitial pneurnoni...

CMV Pneumonitis following Bendamustine containing Chemotherapy.

Bendamustine has been increasingly used for treatment of indolent lymphoma for the past few years. The data on safety profile of this drug is still emerging with the increasing use of this drug. The higher occurrence of CMV reactivation with this drug has been reported in few case reports only. We report a case of CMV penumonitis initially presenting as unexplained pyrexia which responded well ...