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Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-64710
ABSTRACT
A 49-year-old woman was diagnosed as autoimmune hepatitis and started on steroids and azathioprine. Subsequently, she developed fever; chest radiograph showed lower lobe nodular opacities. Bronchoalveolar lavage and transbronchial lung biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis.
Subject(s)
Adrenal Cortex Hormones/therapeutic use , Azathioprine/therapeutic use , Diabetes Complications , Female , Hepatitis, Autoimmune/complications , Humans , Immunosuppressive Agents/therapeutic use , Liver Function Tests , Lung Diseases, Interstitial/drug therapy , Middle Aged
2.
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-88873
ABSTRACT
Post cardiac injury syndrome (PCIS) is known to occur following myocardial infarction, cardiac surgery, blunt chest trauma, percutaneous left ventricular puncture and pace-maker implantation. The diagnosis is one of exclusion. We report a case of PCIS following cardiac surgery who showed false positive IgG, IgM antibodies to antigen A60 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in pleural fluid.