[A case of rheumatoid arthritis with obstructive bronchiolitis appearing after D-penicillamine therapy]

¹First Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto City, Japan.

Nihon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai Zasshi

|September 1, 1993

Abstract:

A 56-year-old woman was diagnosed as having rheumatoid arthritis in 1983. She was treated with D-penicillamine in addition to non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs from April 1990. In August she noticed shortness of breath on exertion. Chest X-ray films showed bilateral interstitial shadows, and chest CT revealed bilateral multiple wedge-shaped shadows extending distally. Blood gas analysis showed severe hypoxemia and pulmonary function tests demonstrated decreased %VC, FEV1.0% and diffusion capacity. Open lung biopsy specimens revealed infiltration of inflammatory cells and fibrotic change in the walls of bronchioles. She was diagnosed as having obstructive bronchiolitis. Corticosteroid therapy and discontinuation of D-penicillamine therapy stopped the progression of her symptoms, and she was discharged on corticosteroid maintenance treatment and home oxygen therapy.

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