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ArticleAnnals of thoracic medicine

Methylphenidate causes chronic eosinophilic pneumonia.

Dhafer Alghamdi, Hamdan Jahdali, Abdullah Alharbi, Ahmad Alshehri, Bandar Alfirm, Hanaa Bamefleh

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Article in Annals of thoracic medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dhafer AlghamdiDepartment of Pulmonology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Hamdan JahdaliDepartment of Pulmonology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah AlharbiDepartment of Pulmonology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ahmad AlshehriDepartment of Psychiatry, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Bandar AlfirmDepartment of Psychiatry, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Hanaa BameflehDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
King Abdulaziz Medical City · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A man who is 38 years old and diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder was prescribed methylphenidate. Three weeks later, he began experiencing progressive shortness of breath and coughing. Imaging of his chest showed patchy bilateral ground-glass opacities, and bronchoscopy revealed a 15% eosinophil count in his bronchoalveolar lavage. A transbronchial biopsy confirmed a diagnosis of eosinophilic pneumonia. The patient's condition improved when he was given steroids and stopped taking methylphenidate. However, he developed the same symptoms again a few days after restarting the medication, along with a skin rash. This strongly suggests that methylphenidate was the cause of his eosinophilic pneumonia.

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Allergychronic eosinophilic pneumoniadrug-induced lung injurymethylphenidate

Identifiers

PMID38444994
PMCPMC10911238
OpenAlexW4391287644

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