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  • A Case of Hypersensitivity ...
    Enomoto, Takanori; Sekiya, Reina; Sugimoto, Hiroshi; Terashita, Tomomi; Yoshioka, Junya; Nagano, Tatsuya; Nishimura, Yoshihiro; Yano, Erika; Moriyama, Tatsuya; Nakata, Kyosuke

    Internal Medicine, 2022
    Journal Article

    A 73-year-old woman complaining of cough and dyspnea was admitted to our hospital. High-resolution computed tomography chest revealed patchy ground-glass attenuation in the upper lung field. The patient suffered an asthma attack and was diagnosed with allergic pneumonitis; prednisolone was administered for treatment. Bird-related hypersensitivity pneumonitis was suspected, as she had a gray parrot (Psittacus erithacus) and a budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) at home. An immunoblotting analysis with the patient's serum demonstrated IgG-binding fractions to the gray parrot's feathers only; no binding was noted with the budgerigar antigens. The patient was conclusively diagnosed with hypersensitivity pneumonitis related to exposure to a gray parrot.