RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Feather wreath lung: chasing a dead bird
JF European Respiratory Journal
JO Eur Respir J
FD European Respiratory Society
SP 1323
OP 1324
DO 10.1183/09031936.96.09061323
VO 9
IS 6
A1 FJ Meyer
A1 PC Bauer
A1 U Costabel
YR 1996
UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/9/6/1323.abstract
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.