Iron pill pneumonitis with reactive lymph nodes

Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2018 Sep 24;31(4):470-472. doi: 10.1080/08998280.2018.1471897. eCollection 2018 Oct.

Abstract

Iron pill pneumonitis can result from accidental aspiration. It usually presents as a triad of airway inflammation, aspiration, and hemosiderin deposition. We report a case of an elderly woman with chronic cough, infiltrates, and lymphadenopathy on imaging alongside nonnecrotizing granulomas on biopsy diagnosed with iron pill pneumonitis.

Keywords: Aspiration; iron; pneumonitis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports