PNEUMONITIS INDUCED BY SULFASALAZINE

Authors
PETERS FPJ ENGELS LGJB MOERS AMJ
Citation
Fpj. Peters et al., PNEUMONITIS INDUCED BY SULFASALAZINE, Postgraduate medical journal, 73(856), 1997, pp. 99-100
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Postgraduate medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00325473
Volume
73
Issue
856
Year of publication
1997
Pages
99 - 100
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5473(1997)73:856<99:PIBS>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
We describe a 65-year-old woman with eosinophilic pneumonitis induced by sulphasalazine. Laboratory findings revealed peripheral eosinophili a. The chest X-ray showed bilateral infiltrations, which disappeared a fter sulphasalazine was discontinued.