Hiroaki Ogata, Kachi Sha, Yasuaki Kotetsu, Aimi Enokizu-Ogawa, Katsuyuki Katahira, Akiko Ishimatsu, Kazuhito Taguchi, Atsushi Moriwaki, Makoto Yoshida
An 82-year-old man had been diagnosed with asthma. He experienced repeated exacerbations requiring treatment with a systemic corticosteroid despite being treated with medications including high-dose fluticasone furoate/umeclidinium/vilanterol, montelukast sodium, and theophylline; treatment with mepolizumab was then initiated. The patient had been free from exacerbations for 15 months; however, he suffered from post-obstructive pneumonia and atelectasis secondary to mucoid impaction in the right middle lobe of the lung, accompanied by a productive cough, wheezing, dyspnea, and right chest pain...
May 2023: Respirology Case Reports