[Drug-induced changes in the lungs]

The author reviews changes in the lung induced by pharmacotherapy. Attention is drawn to the differences in mode of reaction of the individual drug noxae. Roentgenological changes are demonstrated by means of x-ray film examples and the various roentgenological signs are pointed out. In accordance with the classification by v. Wichert, the drugs are tabulated according to the pathogenetic mechanisms triggered by them at the lung parenchyma, the tabulation being arranged in groups. Wrong interpretations of the changes in the lung can be avoided by means of intensive co-operation between the clinician and the radiologist and by including the possibility of lung damage caused by drugs in the diagnostic deliberations.