PMID: 2113147Feb 1, 1990Paper

Case report and literature analysis of the clinical factors relating to the development of fibrotic changes in gold lung

Nihon Kyōbu Shikkan Gakkai zasshi
K AoshibaT Takizawa

Abstract

A 26-year-old female with gold lung induced by Shiosol (gold thiomalate) administered for her rheumatoid arthritis is presented. Chest X-ray films after treatment with prednisolone hardly improved and showed diffuse fibrotic shadow. We reviewed previously reported cases of gold lung and tried to determine the clinical factors which might affect the development of pulmonary fibrotic changes in gold lung. The cases reported in Japan were classified into two groups according to the improvement of X-ray films after steroid therapy: group A in which the chest X-ray film returned to almost normal, group B these with diffuse fibrotic shadow. No significant difference was observed in the values of %VC and PaO2 admission between the two groups. The total dose of gold received was greater (p less than 0.05) and the duration of gold received was longer (p less than 0.01) in group B than in group A. These findings suggest that the development of pulmonary fibrosis does not depend on the severity of the injury indicated by pulmonary function, but in part on the amount of gold which has been stored in pulmonary macrophages. No statistical difference was shown in the initial dose of steroids between these groups. The duration between the onse...Continue Reading

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