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Balloon pulmonary angioplasty

Pulmonary hematoma

(Fr: hématome pulmonaire)

Duan Y, Su H, Zhou X, Cao Y

Pulmonary haematoma caused by percutaneous transluminal pulmonary angioplasty.

European heart journal 2019 03 14;40;910 — 2019 03 14 — 910

Diagnosing DIRD

Drug and radiation history

Drug singularity - Correct identification of the drug

Consistent timing of exposure v. onset of symptoms

Clinical, imaging, BAL, pathological pattern consistent with the specific drug

Careful exlusion of another cause

Remission of symptoms with removal of drug

Recurrence with rechallenge (rarely advisable)

Causality assessment

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