E-cigarette, or vaping, product use Associated Lung Injury (EVALI): new scenarios for physicians and radiologists

A 59-year-old female ex-smoker with 40 pack year smoking history and a 5-year current e-cigarette (EC) use history, presented with progressive dyspnea on exertion and daily cough for 2 months. A CT scan showed a consolidation area with air bronchogram in the middle lobe and non-calcific bilateral n...

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Autores principales: Carmine Guarino, Ilaria Pedicelli, Francesco Perna, Valentina Di Spirito, Giuseppe Fiorentino, Fabio Procaccini, Gaetano Rea
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:4acb303c2f6841c7a2c82c6650fba8092021-12-04T07:48:22ZE-cigarette, or vaping, product use Associated Lung Injury (EVALI): new scenarios for physicians and radiologists10.4081/monaldi.2021.19621122-06432532-5264https://doaj.org/article/4acb303c2f6841c7a2c82c6650fba8092021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.monaldi-archives.org/index.php/macd/article/view/1962https://doaj.org/toc/1122-0643https://doaj.org/toc/2532-5264 A 59-year-old female ex-smoker with 40 pack year smoking history and a 5-year current e-cigarette (EC) use history, presented with progressive dyspnea on exertion and daily cough for 2 months. A CT scan showed a consolidation area with air bronchogram in the middle lobe and non-calcific bilateral nodules, which could be attributed to community-acquired pneumonia. The patient was treated with empiric antibiotics and systemic steroids for 10 days. Infectious, neoplastic and autoimmune pathologies were excluded, whereas a broncho-alveolar lavage revealed an accumulation of lipids in the cytoplasm of the alveolar macrophages. Despite the recommendation of vaping cessation, the patient continued to use EC. A new CT exam, carried out after 18 months, showed reversed halo sign (RHS), patchy ground-glass opacity (GGO), pleuro-parenchymal bands, and indeed perilobular pattern, suggestive of organizing pneumonia (OP). The final diagnosis was E-cigarette, or vaping, product use Associated Lung Injury (EVALI)- related OP. Carmine GuarinoIlaria PedicelliFrancesco PernaValentina Di SpiritoGiuseppe FiorentinoFabio ProcacciniGaetano ReaPAGEPress PublicationsarticleE-cigaretteEVALIorganizing pneumoniaexogenous lipoid pneumonialipid laden macrophagesMedicineRENMonaldi Archives for Chest Disease (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic E-cigarette
EVALI
organizing pneumonia
exogenous lipoid pneumonia
lipid laden macrophages
Medicine
R
spellingShingle E-cigarette
EVALI
organizing pneumonia
exogenous lipoid pneumonia
lipid laden macrophages
Medicine
R
Carmine Guarino
Ilaria Pedicelli
Francesco Perna
Valentina Di Spirito
Giuseppe Fiorentino
Fabio Procaccini
Gaetano Rea
E-cigarette, or vaping, product use Associated Lung Injury (EVALI): new scenarios for physicians and radiologists
description A 59-year-old female ex-smoker with 40 pack year smoking history and a 5-year current e-cigarette (EC) use history, presented with progressive dyspnea on exertion and daily cough for 2 months. A CT scan showed a consolidation area with air bronchogram in the middle lobe and non-calcific bilateral nodules, which could be attributed to community-acquired pneumonia. The patient was treated with empiric antibiotics and systemic steroids for 10 days. Infectious, neoplastic and autoimmune pathologies were excluded, whereas a broncho-alveolar lavage revealed an accumulation of lipids in the cytoplasm of the alveolar macrophages. Despite the recommendation of vaping cessation, the patient continued to use EC. A new CT exam, carried out after 18 months, showed reversed halo sign (RHS), patchy ground-glass opacity (GGO), pleuro-parenchymal bands, and indeed perilobular pattern, suggestive of organizing pneumonia (OP). The final diagnosis was E-cigarette, or vaping, product use Associated Lung Injury (EVALI)- related OP.
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author Carmine Guarino
Ilaria Pedicelli
Francesco Perna
Valentina Di Spirito
Giuseppe Fiorentino
Fabio Procaccini
Gaetano Rea
author_facet Carmine Guarino
Ilaria Pedicelli
Francesco Perna
Valentina Di Spirito
Giuseppe Fiorentino
Fabio Procaccini
Gaetano Rea
author_sort Carmine Guarino
title E-cigarette, or vaping, product use Associated Lung Injury (EVALI): new scenarios for physicians and radiologists
title_short E-cigarette, or vaping, product use Associated Lung Injury (EVALI): new scenarios for physicians and radiologists
title_full E-cigarette, or vaping, product use Associated Lung Injury (EVALI): new scenarios for physicians and radiologists
title_fullStr E-cigarette, or vaping, product use Associated Lung Injury (EVALI): new scenarios for physicians and radiologists
title_full_unstemmed E-cigarette, or vaping, product use Associated Lung Injury (EVALI): new scenarios for physicians and radiologists
title_sort e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury (evali): new scenarios for physicians and radiologists
publisher PAGEPress Publications
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/4acb303c2f6841c7a2c82c6650fba809
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