Masato Sakai, Yuta Ohno, Nana Kozuki, Yuki Kawasaki, Michiko Yoshida, Hiroyuki Ikeda, Junji Konishi, Toshiki Maeda, Motoki Sugano, Satoshi Kawakami, Isao Ito, Aina Yamaguchi, Hironobu Naiki, Kenji Notohara, Takashi Akamizu, Mitsuhiro Kawano, Haruyoshi Yoshida
A 65-year-old man presented with apparent bronchopneumonia. After treatment with antibiotics, he showed eosinophilia. Computed tomography (CT) imaging revealed bilateral consolidation, ground-glass opacities with nodular consolidations and pleural effusion. Lung biopsy showed organizing pneumonia with lymphoplasmacytic infiltration in alveolar septa and in thickened pleura and interlobular septa. All pulmonary abnormalities spontaneously went into remission within 12-months. At 73 years old, a follow-up CT scan revealed small nodules in both lungs and the review of head CT scan showed thickening of pituitary stalk in studying prolonged headache...
July 7, 2023: Modern rheumatology case reports