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Pigeon Breeder Lung

MedGen UID:
19311
•Concept ID:
C0031903
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Lung, Pigeon Breeder's; Lungs, Pigeon Breeder's; Pigeon Breeder's Lung; Pigeon Breeder's Lungs; Pigeon Breeders Lung

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Acute Exacerbation and Proposed Criteria for Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis in Patients with Fibrotic Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
Okuda R, Takemura T, Misumi T, Nagasawa R, Iwasawa T, Baba T, Hagiwara E, Ogura T
Respiration 2023;102(9):803-812. Epub 2023 Aug 24 doi: 10.1159/000533312. PMID: 37619546
Screening and diagnosis of acute and chronic bird-related hypersensitivity pneumonitis by serum IgG and IgA antibodies to bird antigens with ImmunoCAP®.
Shirai T, Tanino Y, Nikaido T, Takaku Y, Hashimoto S, Taguchi Y, Baba T, Ogura T, Kataoka K, Nakayama M, Yamada Y, Matsushima S, Nakayama S, Miyazaki Y
Allergol Int 2021 Apr;70(2):208-214. Epub 2020 Oct 8 doi: 10.1016/j.alit.2020.09.003. PMID: 33041192
Clinical-immunologic correlates: a differential diagnostic update. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
Chryssanthopoulos C, Fink JN
J Asthma 1983;20(4):285-96. doi: 10.3109/02770908309077086. PMID: 6352664

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Diagnostic yield of specific inhalation challenge in hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
Muñoz X, Sánchez-Ortiz M, Torres F, Villar A, Morell F, Cruz MJ
Eur Respir J 2014 Dec;44(6):1658-65. Epub 2014 Aug 19 doi: 10.1183/09031936.00060714. PMID: 25142480
Managing allergic alveolitis.
Stenton C
Practitioner 1998 Mar;242(1584):200-4. PMID: 10476578
Allergens causing bird fancier's asthma.
Tauer-Reich I, Fruhmann G, Czuppon AB, Baur X
Allergy 1994 Jul;49(6):448-53. doi: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1994.tb00838.x. PMID: 8074264
Immunofluorescence studies of lung biopsy tissue.
Hogan PG, Donald KJ, McEvoy JD
Am Rev Respir Dis 1978 Sep;118(3):537-45. doi: 10.1164/arrd.1978.118.3.537. PMID: 152076
Immunological aspects of bagassosis.
Hearn CE, Holford-Strevens V
Br J Ind Med 1968 Oct;25(4):283-92. doi: 10.1136/oem.25.4.283. PMID: 4972748Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: A new strategy for serodiagnosis and environmental surveys.
Bellanger AP, Reboux G, Rouzet A, Barrera C, Rocchi S, Scherer E, Millon L
Respir Med 2019 Apr;150:101-106. Epub 2019 Mar 5 doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2019.02.019. PMID: 30961934
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
Costabel U, Bonella F, Guzman J
Clin Chest Med 2012 Mar;33(1):151-63. Epub 2012 Jan 24 doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2011.12.004. PMID: 22365252
Pheasant rearer's lung.
Partridge SJ, Pepperell JC, Forrester-Wood C, Ibrahim NB, Raynal A, Swinburn CR
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 Oct;54(7):500-3. Epub 2004 Sep 22 doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqh092. PMID: 15385647
Bird fancier's disease.
Davies D
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1983 Oct 29;287(6401):1239-40. doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6401.1239. PMID: 6416351Free PMC Article
Furrier's lung.
Pimentel JC
Thorax 1970 Jul;25(4):387-98. doi: 10.1136/thx.25.4.387. PMID: 5484998Free PMC Article

Therapy

Prevalence of occupational hypersensitivity pneumonitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Zhang X, Igor B, Elena D, Olga R, Glazachev O
Int J Environ Health Res 2024 Nov;34(11):3891-3908. Epub 2024 Mar 27 doi: 10.1080/09603123.2024.2333021. PMID: 38544315
Rituximab therapy in a patient with steroid-refractory bird fancier's lung.
Ceci Bonello E, Gauci J, Bonello S, Fsadni P, Montefort S
BMJ Case Rep 2020 Dec 22;13(12) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-237232. PMID: 33370981Free PMC Article
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: A new strategy for serodiagnosis and environmental surveys.
Bellanger AP, Reboux G, Rouzet A, Barrera C, Rocchi S, Scherer E, Millon L
Respir Med 2019 Apr;150:101-106. Epub 2019 Mar 5 doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2019.02.019. PMID: 30961934
Mold and Human Health: a Reality Check.
Borchers AT, Chang C, Eric Gershwin M
Clin Rev Allergy Immunol 2017 Jun;52(3):305-322. doi: 10.1007/s12016-017-8601-z. PMID: 28299723
Managing allergic alveolitis.
Stenton C
Practitioner 1998 Mar;242(1584):200-4. PMID: 10476578

Prognosis

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: A new strategy for serodiagnosis and environmental surveys.
Bellanger AP, Reboux G, Rouzet A, Barrera C, Rocchi S, Scherer E, Millon L
Respir Med 2019 Apr;150:101-106. Epub 2019 Mar 5 doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2019.02.019. PMID: 30961934
Diagnostic implications of positive avian serology in suspected hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
Woge MJ, Ryu JH, Moua T
Respir Med 2017 Aug;129:173-178. Epub 2017 Jun 27 doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2017.06.019. PMID: 28732828
Diagnostic yield of specific inhalation challenge in hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
Muñoz X, Sánchez-Ortiz M, Torres F, Villar A, Morell F, Cruz MJ
Eur Respir J 2014 Dec;44(6):1658-65. Epub 2014 Aug 19 doi: 10.1183/09031936.00060714. PMID: 25142480
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
Costabel U, Bonella F, Guzman J
Clin Chest Med 2012 Mar;33(1):151-63. Epub 2012 Jan 24 doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2011.12.004. PMID: 22365252
Pheasant rearer's lung.
Partridge SJ, Pepperell JC, Forrester-Wood C, Ibrahim NB, Raynal A, Swinburn CR
Occup Med (Lond) 2004 Oct;54(7):500-3. Epub 2004 Sep 22 doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqh092. PMID: 15385647

Clinical prediction guides

Prevalence of occupational hypersensitivity pneumonitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Zhang X, Igor B, Elena D, Olga R, Glazachev O
Int J Environ Health Res 2024 Nov;34(11):3891-3908. Epub 2024 Mar 27 doi: 10.1080/09603123.2024.2333021. PMID: 38544315
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: A new strategy for serodiagnosis and environmental surveys.
Bellanger AP, Reboux G, Rouzet A, Barrera C, Rocchi S, Scherer E, Millon L
Respir Med 2019 Apr;150:101-106. Epub 2019 Mar 5 doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2019.02.019. PMID: 30961934
Diagnostic yield of specific inhalation challenge in hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
Muñoz X, Sánchez-Ortiz M, Torres F, Villar A, Morell F, Cruz MJ
Eur Respir J 2014 Dec;44(6):1658-65. Epub 2014 Aug 19 doi: 10.1183/09031936.00060714. PMID: 25142480
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
Costabel U, Bonella F, Guzman J
Clin Chest Med 2012 Mar;33(1):151-63. Epub 2012 Jan 24 doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2011.12.004. PMID: 22365252
Allergens causing bird fancier's asthma.
Tauer-Reich I, Fruhmann G, Czuppon AB, Baur X
Allergy 1994 Jul;49(6):448-53. doi: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1994.tb00838.x. PMID: 8074264

Recent systematic reviews

Prevalence of occupational hypersensitivity pneumonitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Zhang X, Igor B, Elena D, Olga R, Glazachev O
Int J Environ Health Res 2024 Nov;34(11):3891-3908. Epub 2024 Mar 27 doi: 10.1080/09603123.2024.2333021. PMID: 38544315
Diagnostic accuracy and safety of inhalation challenge tests for bird fancier's lung-Systematic review and meta-analysis.
Shiroshita A, Jin Z, Tanaka Y, Kataoka Y
Clin Exp Allergy 2020 Sep;50(9):1007-1016. Epub 2020 Jul 9 doi: 10.1111/cea.13685. PMID: 32557934

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