RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Constrictive bronchiolitis obliterans following gold therapy for psoriatic arthritis
JF European Respiratory Journal
JO Eur Respir J
FD European Respiratory Society
SP 2191
OP 2193
DO 10.1183/09031936.95.08122191
VO 8
IS 12
A1 KJ Schwartzman
A1 DM Bowie
A1 C Yeadon
A1 R Fraser
A1 ED Sutton
A1 RD Levy
YR 1995
UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/8/12/2191.abstract
AB A 41 year old male with psoriatic arthritis developed progressive dyspnoea and airflow obstruction following 4 months of intramuscular gold therapy. Open lung biopsy revealed bronchiolitis obliterans of the constrictive type. This case suggests a possible aetiological role for gold in the pathogenesis of constrictive bronchiolitis obliterans, or alternatively an association between psoriatic arthritis and this inflammatory airway condition.