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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Main Authors: Smita Pakhale, Yuri Moltyaner, Dean Chamberlain, Neil Lazar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2004-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2004/935458
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