1968
DOI: 10.1136/thx.23.5.490
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Farmer's lung: a study of an early acute fatal case

Abstract: The clinical and pathological findings in a fatal case of farmer's lung in a 17-year-old youth are described. His lungs were uncomplicated by chronic disease, and his first exposure to mouldy hay probably occurred only weeks before his death. As this was an acute attack, whose duration could be measured in days, the changes seen are probably the earliest to be recorded, and the probable nature of the sensitivity reaction can be deduced. The pathological process is seen to be an acute centrilobular bronchopneum… Show more

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“…Strains of S. viridis have been implicated as causal agents of farmer's lung disease (1,6). It is, therefore, important to distinguish S. viridis from other Saccharomonospora species.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Strains of S. viridis have been implicated as causal agents of farmer's lung disease (1,6). It is, therefore, important to distinguish S. viridis from other Saccharomonospora species.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The results of recent numerical phenetic studies (11) and results obtained by nucleic acid techniques (12,(39)(40)(41) suggest that the strains of "S. caesia" are very closely related to S. azurea K161T. It has been determined that strains of S. viridis cause farmer's lung disease ( 1,6) and are significant agents of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (12,39). (14).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Rapid recovery of pulmonary function is typical of acute hypersensitivity pneumonia, although rare fatal episodes have been documented. 25 Corticosteroids are useful in accelerating the rate of recovery, but do not affect the long-term outcome, independent of eliminating antigenic exposure. 26,27 Lung function improves over a period of months and years, but abnormalities may persist in nearly half of patients.…”
Section: Clinical Featuresmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Rare reports describe a patchy airspace filling process resembling bronchopneumonia, in which both neutrophils and eosinophils are present with an associated necrotizing small vessel vasculitis. 25,33 Lung biopsy often has a critical role in separating chronic hypersensitivity pneumonia from other forms of diffuse interstitial lung disease, especially in patients for whom no specific antigenic exposure is identified. 6 Histological diagnosis of hypersensitivity pneumonia is predicated on recognition of a classical triad: 1) bronchiolocentric cellular chronic interstitial pneumonia, 2) chronic bronchiolitis, and 3) non-necrotizing granulomatous inflammation affecting the peribronchiolar interstitium.…”
Section: Histopathological Featuresmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Autopsy of a patient who died during an episode of acute farmer's lung published more than 40 years earlier demonstrated similar alveolar exudates as well as a small-vessel vasculitis. 45 Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonia is usually characterized by a classic triad of pathologic features (Table). This triad includes a bronchiolocentric cellular chronic interstitial pneumonia, chronic bronchiolitis, and nonnecrotizing granulomatous inflammation largely confined to the peribronchiolar interstitium.…”
Section: Commentmentioning
confidence: 99%