[Microscopic polyangiitis accompanying interstitial pneumonia with aluminum lung]

Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi. 2000 May;38(5):408-12.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 67-year-old man who had worked as an aluminum grinder had been given a diagnosis of pneumoconiosis. Ten years later, he was admitted with fever, dyspnea on exertion, and numbness. Chest roentgenograms showed linear-reticular shadows in both lower lung fields. ELISA-based tests were positive for perinuclear anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (P-ANCA). Renal biopsy specimens disclosed crescentic glomerulonephritis and angiitis of small arteries. Our diagnosis was microscopic polyangiitis accompanying interstitial pneumonia with aluminum lung. The results of high-energy dispersion X-ray microanalysis indicated that the patient's lungs contained aluminum. His general condition improved with the administration of corticosteroid and immunosuppressive agents, and his chief symptoms disappeared.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aluminum*
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
  • Cyclophosphamide / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Lung Diseases, Interstitial / drug therapy
  • Lung Diseases, Interstitial / etiology*
  • Male
  • Metallurgy*
  • Pneumoconiosis / complications*
  • Pneumoconiosis / drug therapy
  • Polyarteritis Nodosa / complications*
  • Polyarteritis Nodosa / drug therapy
  • Prednisolone / therapeutic use
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Cyclophosphamide
  • Prednisolone
  • Aluminum