Delayed Pneumonia and Urticaria Following Bronchography

Autor: Bass He
Rok vydání: 1949
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Zdroj: New England Journal of Medicine. 240:505-507
ISSN: 1533-4406
0028-4793
DOI: 10.1056/nejm194903312401304
Popis: PNEUMONIA complicating bronchography has been described.1 2 3 4 Some of the cases previously reported have been attributed to infectious factors, owing to the carrying down of infecting organisms from the upper respiratory tract. Waldbott4 has emphasized the role of iodized oil in producing obstruction of the small bronchi followed by atelectasis of lung tissue and pneumonitis or massive collapse of a lung when a main bronchus is involved. Other authors have reported cases of pneumonia believed to be due to an allergic reaction to the iodide component of lipiodol.2 All the reported cases, whether infectious or allergic, were characterized by a rapid . . .
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