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Hypersensitivity pneumonitis

Última revisão: 1 Oct 2025
Última atualização: 09 Sep 2025

Resumo

Definição

History and exam

Key diagnostic factors

  • exposure to avian protein antigen, especially excrement
  • mold in work environment
  • occupational exposure to chemicals
  • dyspnea
  • cough
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Other diagnostic factors

  • fever/chills
  • malaise
  • weight loss/anorexia
  • bibasilar rales
  • diffuse rales
  • clubbing
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Risk factors

  • smoking
  • viral infection
  • exposure to avian protein antigen
  • exposure to mold antigen
  • exposure to bacterial antigen
  • exposure to diisocyanate (e.g., epoxy resin)
  • exposure to acid anhydride antigen (e.g., paint refinisher)
  • exposure to metalworking fluid
  • use of certain drugs
  • use of e-cigarettes
  • ayurvedic medicine
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Diagnostic tests

1st tests to order

  • chest x-ray
  • high-resolution CT chest
  • serum antigen-specific IgG or IgA
  • pulmonary function tests
  • diffusing lung capacity of carbon monoxide
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Tests to consider

  • bronchoalveolar lavage
  • lung biopsy
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Treatment algorithm

ACUTE

all patients

Contributors

Authors

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

Disclosures

LG declares that she has no competing interests.

Peer reviewers

Maximiliano Tamae-Kakazu, MD, FCCP

Associate Professor of Medicine

Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship

Research Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Corewell Health West - Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

East Lansing

MI

Disclosures

MTK received fees from InflaRx as a consultant to participate in a COVID-19 pneumonia Advisory Board. MTK received fees from Pfizer as a consultant to participate in a healthcare disparities in primary immunodeficiencies advisory board. MTK received fees from Regeneron as consultant on the pathophysiology of asthma and need of education in fellowship programs advisory board in January 2022. All the honoraria have been donated to the Corewell Health Foundation.

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

Consultant Respiratory Physician

Interstitial Lung Disease Unit

Royal Brompton Hospital

London

UK

Declarações

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.

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Principais artigos

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  Resumo

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

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  Resumo

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