Minoxidil-induced lung disease, masquerading as hypersensitivity pneumonitis

We report the case of a 71-year-old male with essential thrombosis who presented with ground-glass lung opacity with a mosaic pattern on computed tomography, which resolved spontaneously with hospitalization. This was confused with a case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP), which later turned out...

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Autores principales: Takekosh, Daisuke, Nemoto, Teruhisa, Saito, Susumu, Matsui, Yuma, Minagawa, Shunsuke, Hara, Hiromichi, Numata, Takanori, Araya, Jun, Kuwano, Kazuyoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10176247/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37188324
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2023.101861
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Sumario:We report the case of a 71-year-old male with essential thrombosis who presented with ground-glass lung opacity with a mosaic pattern on computed tomography, which resolved spontaneously with hospitalization. This was confused with a case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP), which later turned out to be a drug-induced lung disease caused by surreptitiously administered minoxidil. This case emphasizes the importance of obtaining a correct medication history to make an accurate diagnosis, and this is the first report of minoxidil causing HP-like pulmonary illness.

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