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Vol. 69 No. 4 (2008): Pulmonary series
https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2008.382

Acute Fibrinous and Organising Pneumonia in Whipple’s disease

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Received: 25 January 2016
Accepted: 25 January 2016
Published: 26 January 2016
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Acute fibrinous and organising pneumonia, Whipple’s disease, Acute lung injury, Diffuse alveolar damage

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P.A. Canessa
pieraldo.canessa@asl5.liguria.it
UO Pneumologia - Ospedale S. Bartolomeo, Sarzana (SP), Italy.
L. Pratticò
UO Pneumologia - Ospedale S. Bartolomeo, Sarzana (SP), Italy.
M. Sivori
UO Pneumologia - Ospedale S. Bartolomeo, Sarzana (SP), Italy.
P. Magistrelli
UO Chirurgia generale - Ospedale S. Andrea, La Spezia, Italy.
F. Fedeli
Anatomia Patologica - Ospedale S. Andrea, La Spezia, Italy.
A. Cavazza
UO Anatomia Patologica - Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
G. Calcina
UO Chirurgia generale - Ospedale S. Andrea, La Spezia, Italy.
We report a case of acute fibrinous and organising pneumonia in Whipple’s disease with lung improvement after antibiotic therapy. In our knowledge this is the first report of Whipple’s disease with acute fibrinous and organising pneumonia.

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“Acute Fibrinous and Organising Pneumonia in Whipple’s Disease”. 2016. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 69 (4). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2008.382.