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Non-infectious interstitial alveolitis and foreign body pulmonary vasculitis in a child treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia

✍ Scribed by Yann Loriette; Pierre Déchelotte; Hélène Carla; Claire Dauphin; François Demeocq; André Labbé

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Weight: 284 KB
Volume: 23
Category: Article
ISSN: 8755-6863
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0496(199705)23:5<382::aid-ppul11>3.0.co;2-1

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✦ Synopsis

We report a case of a 14-month-old girl who was treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia but died from interstitial alveolitis associated with foreign body vasculitis. This respiratory complication arose 3 months after an allogenic bone marrow transplant. No infectious agents (bacteria, virus, or parasite) were isolated from bronchial or lung tissue samples. Respiratory complications after chemotherapy are reviewed as well as the potential origin of the intravascular foreign body.