A Case of Interstitial Pneumonitis with Acute Live Injury Caused by Herbal Medicine Made from Golden Thread.
10.4046/trd.2011.71.6.470
- Author:
Byung Woo JHUN
1
;
Da Min KIM
;
Ji Hyeon PARK
;
Hyunae JUNG
;
Limhwa SONG
;
Joungho HAN
;
Man Pyo CHUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. mp.chung@samsung.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Lung Diseases, Interstitial;
Herbal Medicine;
Drugs, Chinese Herbal
- MeSH:
Drugs, Chinese Herbal;
Herbal Medicine;
Humans;
Incidence;
Liver;
Lung Diseases;
Lung Diseases, Interstitial;
Lung Injury;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Pneumonia;
Vasculitis
- From:Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
2011;71(6):470-475
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
So far more than 350 drugs have been reported to be the cause for lung injury and the incidence tends to increase. Although infiltrative lung disease is the most common pattern of drug-induced lung injury, it can appear in the form of alveolar changes, vasculitis and other injury. Herbal medicine also has been known as a cause for interstitial pneumonitis, but it is difficult to identify the key herbal medicine because of the complex components of the contents. Till date, there is no report of pneumonitis caused by golden thread. Here we report a case of a 54-year-old male who developed interstitial pneumonitis with acute liver injury caused by herbal medicine made from golden thread.
