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Pneumonite por hipersensibilidade

Última revisión: 16 Aug 2025
Última actualización: 22 Nov 2023

Resumen

Definición

Anamnesis y examen

Principales factores de diagnóstico

  • exposição a antígeno de proteína aviária, especialmente excrementos
  • bolor no ambiente de trabalho
  • exposição ocupacional a substâncias químicas
  • dispneia
  • tosse
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Otros factores de diagnóstico

  • febre/calafrios
  • mal-estar
  • perda de peso/anorexia
  • estertores bibasilares
  • estertores difusos
  • baqueteamento digital
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Factores de riesgo

  • tabagismo
  • infecção viral
  • exposição a antígeno proteico aviário
  • exposição a antígeno de bolor
  • exposição a antígeno bacteriano
  • exposição a di-isocianato (por exemplo, resina epóxi)
  • exposição a antígeno ácido de anidrido (por exemplo, recuperadores de pintura)
  • Exposição a fluidos de usinagem com metais
  • nitrofurantoína, metotrexato, roxitromicina e rituximabe
  • cigarros eletrônicos
  • sertralina
  • medicina ayurvédica
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Pruebas diagnósticas

Primeras pruebas diagnósticas para solicitar

  • radiografia torácica
  • tomografia computadorizada (TC) do tórax
  • IgG ou IgA específica para antígeno sérico
  • testes de função pulmonar
  • capacidade de difusão do monóxido de carbono
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Pruebas diagnósticas que deben considerarse

  • lavagem broncoalveolar
  • biópsia pulmonar
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Algoritmo de tratamiento

Agudo

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Colaboradores

Autores

Leslie Grammer, MD

Professor

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Director

Ernest S. Bazley Asthma and Allergy Center

Clinic Practice Director

Allergy-Immunology

Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation

Chicago

IL

Divulgaciones

LG declares that she has no competing interests.

Revisores por pares

Jordan Fink, MD

Professor of Pediatrics

Allergy-Immunology Division

Medical College of Wisconsin

Milwaukee

WI

Divulgaciones

JF is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.

Alec Chessman, MD

Professor of Family Medicine

Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston

SC

Divulgaciones

AC declares that he has no competing interests.

Toby M. Maher, MB, MSc, PhD, MRCP

Consultant Respiratory Physician

Interstitial Lung Disease Unit

Royal Brompton Hospital

London

UK

Divulgaciones

TMM has received consultancy fees from GSK, Actelion, and Philips Respironics. He has received lecture fees from Astra Zeneca and holds an unrestricted industry-academic grant from GSK.

Peer reviewer acknowledgements

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Disclosures

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Referencias

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Artículos principales

Raghu G, Remy-Jardin M, Ryerson CJ, et al. Diagnosis of hypersensitivity pneumonitis in adults. An Official ATS/JRS/ALAT clinical practice guideline. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 Aug 1;202(3):e36-69.Texto completo  Resumen

Quirce S, Vandenplas O, Campo P, et al. Occupational hypersensitivity pneumonitis: an EAACI position paper. Allergy. 2016 Jun;71(6):765-79.Texto completo  Resumen

Fernández Pérez ER, Travis WD, Lynch DA, et al. Diagnosis and evaluation of hypersensitivity pneumonitis: CHEST guideline and expert panel report. Chest. 2021 Aug;160(2):e97-156.Texto completo  Resumen

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