コンドウ ミツコ   Kondou Mitsuko
  近藤 光子
   所属   医学部 医学科(東京女子医科大学病院)
   職種   特任教授
論文種別 原著
言語種別 英語
査読の有無 査読なし
表題 Coexistence of diffuse panbronchiolitis and asthma: reciprocity of neutrophilic and eosinophilic inflammation.
掲載誌名 正式名:Respirology case reports
略  称:Respirol Case Rep
ISSNコード:2051-3380(Linking)
掲載区分国外
巻・号・頁 5(3),pp.e00232
著者・共著者 TAKEYAMA Kiyoshi†, SHIMIZU Yuri, ISHII Masanobu, HARA Hiroko, KONDO Mitsuko, TAMAOKI Jun
発行年月 2017/05
概要 Diffuse panbronchiolitis (DPB) and asthma are obstructive airway diseases, the former being characterized by Th1-type and the latter by Th2-type airway inflammation. Differential diagnosis is often a problem, but coexistence has rarely been reported. A 76-year-old man with asthma was admitted to our hospital because of one-month history of dyspnoea on exertion with bilateral diffuse granular shadows. He also had a history of chronic sinusitis. Auscultation of the lungs showed coarse crackles and wheezes. Laboratory data revealed an elevated total serum immunoglobulin E and a high titre of cold agglutinin. Bronchoscopic evaluations of the shadows revealed compatible pathological findings in both DPB and asthma. Low-dose macrolide caused a prompt reduction of symptoms, along with improvements in radiographic findings and pulmonary functions, whereas the eosinophilic airway inflammation transiently worsened. When DPB and asthma coexist, the balance of Th1/Th2 immune response may be reciprocally altered by therapeutic intervention.
DOI 10.1002/rcr2.232
PMID 28392920