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Definition / generalCite this page: Drug induced pneumonitis. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/lungnontumordruginduced.html. Accessed April 21st, 2018.
Definition / general
- Hundred of drugs are associated with lung injury, including pulmonary edema, pulmonary hemorrhage, airway disease, pleural changes and vascular changes
- Bleomycin and amiodarone (5% - 15% of patients) causes pneumonitis and fibrosis
- Methotrexate, nitrofurantoin causes hypersensitivity pneumonitis