Cuguillière A, Bérard H, N'Guyen G, Miltgen J, Martet G, Eskandari J, Bonnet D
Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Laveran, Marseille Armées.
Rev Pneumol Clin. 1999 Apr;55(2):100-4.
A patient treated with cyclophosphamide for breast cancer developed functional and clinicoradiological signs of sub-acute diffuse interstitial pneumopathy. Bronchoalveolar lavage revealed lymphocyte alveolitis. Differential diagnoses were excluded and the course was favorable after cyclophosphamide withdrawal. The bronchoalveolar lavage results obtained initially and at follow-up and two previous lavages reported in the literature demonstrate the importance of this examination in the diagnosis of drug-induced pneumopathy.
