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A case of cyclophosphamide-induced interstitial pneumonitis diagnosed by bronchoalveolar lavage
1Department of Internal Medicine, Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.
Respiration; International Review of Thoracic Diseases
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
A successfully treated case of cyclophosphamide pneumonitis, which developed during treatment for a leukemic phase of B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, is documented. Subtyping of lymphocytes in the peripheral blood and the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid easily excluded a possible diagnosis of pulmonary involvement of lymphoma. Bronchoalveolar lavage is a useful approach to determine the correct etiology of pneumonitis.