Bronchoalveolar lavage findings in a patient with the organic dust toxic syndrome.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A previously healthy student developed the organic dust toxic syndrome after unloading a grain silo for one day. Bronchoalveolar lavage seven days later showed a total cell count six times normal with 70% lymphocytes. This suggests that the previously described acute neutrophil influx into the alveolar spaces in this syndrome is rapidly replaced by a lymphocyte dominated infiltration.
Medical subject headings
- Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
- Lymphocytosis
- Silo Filler's Disease