A Sensitive Approach to Managing Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis

Authors

Prashant Ahlawat, General Medicine, Government Medical College & Hospital, Chandigarh, IND.Follow
Prateek Upadhyay, Anaesthesiology, Government Medical College & Hospital, Chandigarh, IND.Follow
Prateek Madaan, General Medicine, Government Medical College & Hospital, Chandigarh, IND.

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Cureus

Abstract

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP), also known as extrinsic allergic alveolitis, is an immunologically mediated disorder that typically presents as a case of interstitial lung disease (ILD) in response to any identified or unidentified antigen. We present a case of a 46-year-old female with HP, who presented with fever and shortness of breath. Although negative by real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), her condition was initially diagnosed as COVID-19 clinically as a result of anchoring bias due to similar symptoms and radiologic features presenting in the pandemic. A detailed further probing into history revealed the diagnosis of HP due to cat hair, and hence, was managed accordingly.

First Page

e29738

DOI

10.7759/cureus.29738

Publication Date

9-1-2022

Recommended Citation

Ahlawat, Prashant; Upadhyay, Prateek; and Madaan, Prateek, "A Sensitive Approach to Managing Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis" (2022). Internal Medicine. 250.
https://scholar.bridgeporthospital.org/internal_medicine/250

Identifier

36340528 (pubmed); PMC9621725 (pmc); 10.7759/cureus.29738 (doi)