Reversible interstitial lung disease with prolonged use of nitrofurantoin: Do the benefits outweigh the risks?

We describe the case summary of a 70-year-old man diagnosed with interstitial lung disease due to prolonged nitrofurantoin therapy. Despite honeycombing confirmed by computed tomography of the thorax, symptoms and radiographic findings disappeared within 1 month after withdrawal of nitrofurantoin. T...

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Autores principales: Singh, Akashdeep, Singh, Parminder, Sidhu, U. S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3775203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24049258
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.116271
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author Singh, Akashdeep
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description We describe the case summary of a 70-year-old man diagnosed with interstitial lung disease due to prolonged nitrofurantoin therapy. Despite honeycombing confirmed by computed tomography of the thorax, symptoms and radiographic findings disappeared within 1 month after withdrawal of nitrofurantoin. The case highlights the fact that nitrofurantoin-induced lung disease may run a benign course and respond favorably despite radiographic evidence of established lung fibrosis (honey combing).
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spelling pubmed-37752032013-09-18 Reversible interstitial lung disease with prolonged use of nitrofurantoin: Do the benefits outweigh the risks? Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Parminder Sidhu, U. S. Lung India Case Report We describe the case summary of a 70-year-old man diagnosed with interstitial lung disease due to prolonged nitrofurantoin therapy. Despite honeycombing confirmed by computed tomography of the thorax, symptoms and radiographic findings disappeared within 1 month after withdrawal of nitrofurantoin. The case highlights the fact that nitrofurantoin-induced lung disease may run a benign course and respond favorably despite radiographic evidence of established lung fibrosis (honey combing). Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3775203/ /pubmed/24049258 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.116271 Text en Copyright: © Lung India http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Reversible interstitial lung disease with prolonged use of nitrofurantoin: Do the benefits outweigh the risks?
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title_short Reversible interstitial lung disease with prolonged use of nitrofurantoin: Do the benefits outweigh the risks?
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.116271
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