Lung - nontumor
Other interstitial pneumonitis / fibrosis
Drug induced pneumonitis
Revised: 30 January 2019, last major update September 2011
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Other interstitial pneumonitis / fibrosis
Drug induced pneumonitis
Author: Elliot Weisenberg, M.D.
Topic Completed: 1 September 2011
Revised: 30 January 2019, last major update September 2011
Copyright: (c) 2003-2017, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
PubMed search: drug induced pneumonitis [title]
Table of Contents
Definition / generalCite this page: Weisenberg E. Drug induced pneumonitis. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/lungnontumordruginduced.html. Accessed May 30th, 2020.
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
