Rapidly Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis in a Patient Treated with Danazol for Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
The case of a patient that developed pulmonary fibrosis two months after initiation of danazol for treatment of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is described. Bilateral pneumothoraxes and pneumomediastinum complicated the rapidly fatal pulmonary fibrosis. An association between danazol therapy an...
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| author | Smita Pakhale Yuri Moltyaner Dean Chamberlain Neil Lazar |
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| description | The case of a patient that developed pulmonary fibrosis two months after initiation of danazol for treatment of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is described. Bilateral pneumothoraxes and pneumomediastinum complicated the rapidly fatal pulmonary fibrosis. An association between danazol therapy and the development of pulmonary fibrosis is suspected. There is only one other case report with this connection in the literature. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c44c89f68dbc44f89cebf9788cb11e232025-02-03T05:47:24ZengWileyCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22412004-01-01111555710.1155/2004/935458Rapidly Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis in a Patient Treated with Danazol for Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic PurpuraSmita Pakhale0Yuri Moltyaner1Dean Chamberlain2Neil Lazar3Departments of Respirology, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDepartments of Respirology, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Pathology, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDepartments of Respirology, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaThe case of a patient that developed pulmonary fibrosis two months after initiation of danazol for treatment of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is described. Bilateral pneumothoraxes and pneumomediastinum complicated the rapidly fatal pulmonary fibrosis. An association between danazol therapy and the development of pulmonary fibrosis is suspected. There is only one other case report with this connection in the literature.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2004/935458 |
| spellingShingle | Smita Pakhale Yuri Moltyaner Dean Chamberlain Neil Lazar Rapidly Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis in a Patient Treated with Danazol for Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Canadian Respiratory Journal |
| title | Rapidly Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis in a Patient Treated with Danazol for Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura |
| title_full | Rapidly Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis in a Patient Treated with Danazol for Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura |
| title_fullStr | Rapidly Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis in a Patient Treated with Danazol for Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rapidly Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis in a Patient Treated with Danazol for Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura |
| title_short | Rapidly Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis in a Patient Treated with Danazol for Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura |
| title_sort | rapidly progressive pulmonary fibrosis in a patient treated with danazol for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2004/935458 |
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