PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - FJ Meyer
AU  - PC Bauer
AU  - U Costabel
TI  - Feather wreath lung: chasing a dead bird
AID  - 10.1183/09031936.96.09061323
DP  - 1996 Jun 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - 1323--1324
VI  - 9
IP  - 6
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/9/6/1323.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/9/6/1323.full
SO  - Eur Respir J1996 Jun 01; 9
AB  - We report the case of a 50 year old clerk with chronic extrinsic allergic alveolitis due to a wreath of feathers from his dead budgerigar hanging in his living-room. Diagnosis was confirmed by serum precipitins, bronchoalveolar lavage and open lung biopsy. It is important to recognize unusual sources of exposure in this disease.