Intractable desquamative interstitial pneumonia in a tattooed man Journal Article
| Authors: | Arai, T.; Inoue, Y.; Hayashi, S.; Akira, M.; Yamamoto, S.; Travis, W. D.; Sakatani, M. |
| Article Title: | Intractable desquamative interstitial pneumonia in a tattooed man |
| Abstract: | A 20-year-old man with a 15 pack-year history of cigarette smoking had a tattoo outlined on his back with blue pigment. He noticed a dry cough and shortness of breath on exertion when the pigment of other colors was added at the age of 27. He visited our hospital two years later because of severe dyspnea. He was diagnosed with desquamative interstitial pneumonia by surgical lung biopsy. Steroid therapy with cessation of smoking was partially effective, however his disease worsened again and he died three and a half years after the diagnosis because of respiratory failure. © 2006 The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine. |
| Keywords: | adult; human tissue; treatment failure; clinical feature; case report; cigarette smoking; drug megadose; cd8+ t lymphocyte; c reactive protein; relapse; smoking cessation; smoking; tomography, x-ray computed; steroid; dyspnea; prednisolone; laboratory test; cd4+ t lymphocyte; lactate dehydrogenase; methylprednisolone; thorax radiography; immunosuppressive treatment; arterial gas; fatal outcome; lung biopsy; lung function test; disease exacerbation; leukocyte; respiratory insufficiency; respiratory failure; glucocorticoids; fatality; interstitial pneumonia; lung lavage; tattoo; high resolution computer tomography; foreign body; bronchiectasis; coloring agents; tattooing; lung diseases, interstitial; desquamative interstitial pneumonia; arterial carbon dioxide tension; arterial oxygen tension; arterial ph |
| Journal Title: | Internal Medicine |
| Volume: | 45 |
| Issue: | 18 |
| ISSN: | 1056-9286 |
| Publisher: | Advanstar Medical Economics Healthcare Communications |
| Date Published: | 2006-10-16 |
| Start Page: | 1055 |
| End Page: | 1058 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.2169/internalmedicine.45.1727 |
| PUBMED: | 17043377 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | --- - "Cited By (since 1996): 4" - "Export Date: 4 June 2012" - "CODEN: IEDIE" - "Source: Scopus" |
