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Case Reports
. 1997 Feb;73(856):99-100.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.73.856.99.

Pneumonitis induced by sulphasalazine

F P Peters  1 , L G Engels, A M Moers
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Case Reports

Pneumonitis induced by sulphasalazine

F P Peters et al. Postgrad Med J. 1997 Feb.

Abstract

We describe a 65-year-old woman with eosinophilic pneumonitis induced by sulphasalazine. Laboratory findings revealed peripheral eosinophilia. The chest X-ray showed bilateral infiltrations, which disappeared after sulphasalazine was discontinued.

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