A CT emphysema pattern in a non-smoker classical guitar teacher
Authors: Claudia Roncella, Paolo Busatto, Greta Ali, Giulio Rossi, Annalisa De Liperi, Sara Fiorini, Laura Tavanti, Chiara Romei
Background: Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is a complex syndrome due to an inflammatory response of the lungs to many aerosolized antigens. HP can be divided into acute, subacute, and chronic phenotypes, which frequently overlap. Case presentation: We describe the case of a non-smoker man admitted to the hospital for flu-like symptoms who presented emphysema as an evolution of HP. The diagnosis of HP was proposed by a multidisciplinary team based on the clinical/functional data and CT findings; two chest CTs were compared: a CT was performed during the hospitalization of the patient and a CT had been performed 5 years before. The diagnosis was confirmed through a lung biopsy. Examining the patient history, a domestic exposition to pigeons and poultry was revealed. Conclusion: HP can lead to emphysema instead of fibrosis. This atypical evolution of HP should be known by clinicians and radiologists in order to suspect it and promptly start the correct diagnostic workup.
Keywords: Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, pulmonary emphysema, multidisciplinary group of interstitial lung disease consult, high-resolution computed tomography, surgical lung biopsy.
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Greta Ali
Pisa University Hospital, Dipartimento di Patologia Chirurgica, Medica, Molecolare e dell’Area Critica, Anatomia Patologica III, Pisa, Italy
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Giulio Rossi
Hospital District Ravenna, Dipartimento Anatomia Patologica, Medicina Trasfusionale e di Laboratorio, Unità di Anatomia Patologica, Ravenna, Italy
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Claudia Roncella, Pisa University Hospital, Dipartimento Diagnostica per Immagini, UO Radiodiagnostica 1, Pisa, Italy cla.roncella@gmail.com
Publication history:
Received 05 May 2020
Revised 29 Sep 2020
Accepted 21 Oct 2020
Published online 19 Feb 2021
Published in print 27 Feb 2021
Roncella C, Busatto P, Ali G, Rossi G, Liperi AD, Fiorini S, Tavanti L, Romei C. A CT emphysema pattern in a non-smoker classical guitar teacher. EJMCR. 2021; 5(2): 39-42. doi:
10.24911/ejmcr/173-1587546527
Roncella C, Busatto P, Ali G, Rossi G, Liperi AD, Fiorini S, Tavanti L, Romei C. A CT emphysema pattern in a non-smoker classical guitar teacher. https://www.ejmcr.com/?mno=101166 [Access: April 25, 2024]. doi:
10.24911/ejmcr/173-1587546527
Roncella C, Busatto P, Ali G, Rossi G, Liperi AD, Fiorini S, Tavanti L, Romei C. A CT emphysema pattern in a non-smoker classical guitar teacher. EJMCR. 2021; 5(2): 39-42. doi:
10.24911/ejmcr/173-1587546527
Roncella C, Busatto P, Ali G, Rossi G, Liperi AD, Fiorini S, Tavanti L, Romei C. A CT emphysema pattern in a non-smoker classical guitar teacher. EJMCR. (2021), [cited April 25, 2024]; 5(2): 39-42. doi:
10.24911/ejmcr/173-1587546527
Roncella, C., Busatto, . P., Ali, . G., Rossi, . G., Liperi, . A. D., Fiorini, . S., Tavanti, . L. & Romei, . C. (2021) A CT emphysema pattern in a non-smoker classical guitar teacher. EJMCR, 5 (2), 39-42. doi:
10.24911/ejmcr/173-1587546527
Roncella, Claudia, Paolo Busatto, Greta Ali, Giulio Rossi, Annalisa De Liperi, Sara Fiorini, Laura Tavanti, and Chiara Romei. 2021. A CT emphysema pattern in a non-smoker classical guitar teacher. European Journal of Medical Case Reports, 5 (2), 39-42. doi:
10.24911/ejmcr/173-1587546527
Roncella, Claudia, Paolo Busatto, Greta Ali, Giulio Rossi, Annalisa De Liperi, Sara Fiorini, Laura Tavanti, and Chiara Romei. "A CT emphysema pattern in a non-smoker classical guitar teacher." European Journal of Medical Case Reports 5 (2021), 39-42. doi:
10.24911/ejmcr/173-1587546527
Roncella, Claudia, Paolo Busatto, Greta Ali, Giulio Rossi, Annalisa De Liperi, Sara Fiorini, Laura Tavanti, and Chiara Romei. "A CT emphysema pattern in a non-smoker classical guitar teacher." European Journal of Medical Case Reports 5.2 (2021), 39-42. Print. doi:
10.24911/ejmcr/173-1587546527
Roncella, C., Busatto, . P., Ali, . G., Rossi, . G., Liperi, . A. D., Fiorini, . S., Tavanti, . L. & Romei, . C. (2021) A CT emphysema pattern in a non-smoker classical guitar teacher. European Journal of Medical Case Reports, 5 (2), 39-42. doi:
10.24911/ejmcr/173-1587546527