A Sensitive Approach to Managing Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis

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

Identifier

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

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