Age yrs sex | Underlying diagnosis | Sulphasalazine dose | Exposure to sulphasalazine before lung symptoms | Drug withdrawn | Time to death from onset of lung symptoms | Cause of death | [ref. no.] |
47 f | Ulcerative colitis | 6 g | 4 months | No | 1 month | Fibrosing alveolitis | 10 |
53 m | Ulcerative colitis | 3 g | 3 months | Yes | 12 days | Fibrosing alveolitis | 11 |
57 m | Ulcerative colitis | 4 g | 8 yrs | No | 4 days | Pneumonic/fibrotic process lower zones on post mortem | 33 |
12 m | Ulcerative colitis | 35 mg·Kg·day−1 | 5 yrs | Yes | 2 yrs | Desquamative interstitial pneumonitis | 46 |
50 f | Ulcerative colitis | 1.5 g | 10 yrs | Yes | 5 yrs | Fibrosing alveolitis | 45 |
F: female
M: male