Bird Fancier's lung: An underdiagnosed etiology of dyspnea [PDF]
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2020 Bird Fancier's Lung is a type of hypersensitivity pneumonitis, an immunologically mediated lung disease due to repetitive exposure of air-borne avian antigen.
Abigayle Sullivan +4 more
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Acute exacerbation in chronic bird fancier's lung with pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis. [PDF]
Respirol Case Rep, 2021 This is a case of chronic bird fancier's lung (BFL) (java sparrow and budgerigars) presenting with acute exacerbation due to exposure to feather duvet. Chronic BFL occasionally can associate with pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (PPFE). Searching for precipitins against antigens of bird droppings and feather is useful for our clinicians to make a ...
Sugino K +5 more
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A Rare Pediatric Case of Severe Bird Fancier’s Lung Presented with Viral Pneumonitis-Like Picture [PDF]
Children, 2018 Bird Fancier’s Lung (BFL) is a rare, nonatopic immunologic response to repeated or intense inhalation of avian (bird) proteins/antigens found in the feathers or droppings of many species of birds, which leads to an immune-mediated inflammatory ...
Basel Habra, Atqah AbdulWahab
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Bird Fancier's Lung Diagnosis in Times of COVID-19. [PDF]
Arch Bronconeumol, 2021 © 2020 SEPAR. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.
Cardoso A +11 more
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Basiliximab for early perioperative transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy after lung transplantation: a case report [PDF]
Surgical Case Reports, 2022 Background Thrombotic microangiopathy is a syndrome characterized by microangiopathic hemolytic anemia and platelet aggregation, which is caused by endothelial injury, microcirculation thrombosis, and fibrin deposition.
Naohiro Ijiri +4 more
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Features of humidifier lung and comparison with summer-type hypersensitivity pneumonitis. [PDF]
Respirology, 2021 Respirology, Volume 26, Issue 4, Page 394-395, April 2021.
Shimoda M +8 more
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Evaluation of cases with hypersensitivity pneumonia: 10 year analysis. [PDF]
Clin Respir J, 2023 The aim of this study was to examine the clinical features of hypersensitivity pneumonia cases, diagnostic methods, and related conditions in our hospital, which is a reference clinic in Turkey for chest disease. HP is a common immune‐mediated interstitial lung disease induced by repeated exposure to environmental and occupational antigens. Etiological
Koyuncu A, Sarı G, Şimşek C.
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Impact of antigen avoidance test for fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis in stable phase [PDF]
Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, 2022 Background The antigen avoidance has been used in the diagnosis and treatment of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP); however, its usefulness in stable fibrotic HP is controversial.
Ryo Okuda +6 more
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House dust protein level of pigeon drooping and feather in environmental bird exposure-related hypersensitivity pneumonitis “A pilot study” [PDF]
Lung IndiaBackground: Bird fancier’s disease is a type of HP occurring due to exposure to bird’s antigen. The diagnosis is quite difficult as it requires the identification of an inciting agent with findings of HRCT and lung biopsy. The exposure is usually done by
Sonam Spalgais +3 more
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Bird Fancier's lung: a rare clinical image. [PDF]
Pan Afr Med JA 19-year-old male college student presented to the Outpatient Department with complaints of dyspnea, dry cough, and cold for the past 1 month not responding to any treatment with no significant past and personal history. On a detailed history, the patient revealed passive smoking and breeding pigeons at his home for the past 3 years.
Ledwani A, Karnan A.
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