Pneumothorax in a patient with Wegener's granulomatosis during treatment with immunosuppressive agents.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We present the case of a 16-year-old woman with Wegener's granulomatosis, who developed a pneumothorax while receiving treatment with cyclophosphamide and glucocorticoids. The lung was re-expanded by tube drainage, and the patient recovered completely while the immunosuppressive treatment was continued in combination with sulphamethoxazole-trimethoprim. A possible role for this antimicrobial drug in the treatment of Wegener's granulomatosis is briefly discussed.
Medical subject headings
- Adolescent
- Cyclophosphamide
- Cyclophosphamide/therapeutic use
- Drug Therapy, Combination
- Female
- Glucocorticoids
- Glucocorticoids/therapeutic use
- Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
- Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis/complications
- Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis/drug therapy
- Humans
- Pneumothorax
- Pneumothorax/drug therapy
- Pneumothorax/etiology
- Sulfamethoxazole
- Sulfamethoxazole/therapeutic use
- Trimethoprim
- Trimethoprim/therapeutic use