Journals / Respiratory Case Reports / 2015 / Cilt: 4 - Sayı: 1

Pneumosiderosis in a Welder Masquerading as Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Caused by Pigeons

Kaynakçıda Güvercinlere Bağlı Hipersensitivite Pnömonisi ile Karışan Pnömosiderozis

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1–4
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2022-10-18
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He wasrecommended to quit his job and quit smoking, aswell as feeding pigeons, since these factors potentially had an effect and predispose lung fibrosis, asthma,and cancer.

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Objective & Hypothesis:A 43-year-old man with a dyspnea, and cough hadbeen a welder for 20 years, and had raised pigeonsfor 30 years.
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Key Findings & Data:A pre-diagnosis of hypersensitivitypneumonitis was proposed with multiple micronodular opacities in radiology, exposure to pigeons, andhypoxemia.
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Conclusion & Impact:He wasrecommended to quit his job and quit smoking, aswell as feeding pigeons, since these factors potentially had an effect and predispose lung fibrosis, asthma,and cancer.
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Abstract

A 43-year-old man with a dyspnea, and cough hadbeen a welder for 20 years, and had raised pigeonsfor 30 years. A pre-diagnosis of hypersensitivitypneumonitis was proposed with multiple micronodular opacities in radiology, exposure to pigeons, andhypoxemia. However, it was ruled out with continuinglung symptoms though avoidance of pigeons, noalveolitis in the bronchial lavage, corticosteroid insensitivity, and normal diffusion lung capacity. Adiagnosis of welder’s lung disease was made with theoccupational environment consisting of iron dustparticles, compatible chest radiology, and positivestaining for ferritin (Prussian blue stain) of the macrophages in the bronchial lavage. His hypoxemia wasthought to improve after bronchial washing. He wasrecommended to quit his job and quit smoking, aswell as feeding pigeons, since these factors potentially had an effect and predispose lung fibrosis, asthma,and cancer.

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Nefes darlığı ve öksürük şikâyetleri olan 43 yaşındaki erkek hasta, 20 yıldır kaynakçılık yapmakta ve 30 yıldır güvercin beslemekteydi. Radyolojide yaygın mikronodüler opasiteler, güvercin besleme öyküsü ve hipoksemi olması nedeniyle ile ön tanı olarak hipersensitivite pnömonisi düşünüldü. Ancak güvercinlerin uzaklaştırılmasına rağmen şikâyetlerinin devam etmesi, bronş lavajında lenfositik/nötrofilik alveolitis bulgusunun olmaması, akciğerde fibrozis olmamasına rağmen kortikosteroide yanıtsızlık ve normal akciğer difüzyon kapasitesiyle bu tanıdan uzaklaşıldı. Kaynakçı akciğeri hastalığı, meslek ortamındaki demir tozlarının varlığı, uyumlu radyoloji bulguları, serum ferritin yüksekliği ve bronş lavajında Prusya mavisi ile boyanmış demir granüllerinin görülmesiyle kondu. Hastanın hipoksemisinin yapılan bronş lavajı sonrası demir granüllerinin uzaklaştırılmasıyla düzeldiği düşünüldü. Hastaya tedavi olarak mesleğini değiştirmesi, sigarayı bırakması ve güvercinlerden uzaklaşması önerildi. Çünkü bu faktörler ileride akciğer fibrozisi, astım ve akciğer kanseri gelişimine sebep olabilmektedir.

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KALPAKLIOĞLU, F., İNAL, M., BOZDOĞAN, Ö., GÜNGÖR, Ö., BAÇÇIOĞLU, A. (2022). Pneumosiderosis in a Welder Masquerading as Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Caused by Pigeons. Respiratory Case Reports, Cilt: 4 - Sayı: 1, 1–4. https://ajindex.com/articles/588993

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