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2251438

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-1-14
pubmed:abstractText
We report the case of a 72 year old woman treated for seven months for Horton's disease presenting with a cavitating pneumonia of the left axillary segment associated with a deterioration of the general state, at the time of which the steroid therapy was in the course of being decreased. The radiological appearance and the clinical context of immune depression had led to a trial of a quadruple anti-tuberculous therapy in spite of the absence of any bacteriological proof. This rapid aggravation of the condition under treatment led to the suggestion of a pulmonary localisation of Horton's disease. The rapid regression of the lesions after increasing the dose of steroids and the negative cultures on Lowenstein medium pleaded in favour of this hypothesis. However the continuation of anti-tuberculous treatment seems justified in such cases in so far as the diagnosis of Horton's disease of the lung often cannot be maintained other than retrospectively in the absence of histological proof.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0761-8425
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
65-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
[Steroid-sensitive cavitating pulmonary opacity in Horton's disease].
pubmed:affiliation
Service de Médecine B, Hôpital Bretonneau, Tours.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports