Takahashi N, Aizawa H, Takata S, Matsumoto K, Koto H, Inoue H, Hara N
Research Institute for Diseases of the Chest Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Eur Respir J. 1993 Oct;6(9):1409-11.
A 62 year old man treated with carbamazepine for 3 months developed eczema and acute interstitial pneumonitis. A lymphocyte-stimulation test was reactive to carbamazepine. Withdrawal of the drug resulted in prompt improvement. Only 10 cases of this type of drug-induced lung disease have previously been reported.