Abstract
Twenty-seven patients with open-lung biopsy findings consistent with extrinsic allergic alveolitis ((hypersensitivity pneumonitis) were studied. In only one case had the diagnosis been considered prior to the biopsy. Among the 27 patients, a causative exposure was subsequently identified in 10, and no apparent cause could be found in the remaining 17. The prognosis for the entire group was good; all 10 patients in whom an exposure was found and 13 of 17 without causative exposure are alive without progressive lung disease.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 514-518 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | American Journal of Surgical Pathology |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1988 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Anatomy
- Surgery
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine