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. 1990 Sep;45(9):713–714. doi: 10.1136/thx.45.9.713

Bronchoalveolar lavage findings in a patient with the organic dust toxic syndrome.

E Raymenants 1, M Demedts 1, B Nemery 1
PMCID: PMC462708  PMID: 2218979

Abstract

A previously healthy student developed the organic dust toxic syndrome after unloading a grain silo for one day. Bronchoalveolar lavage seven days later showed a total cell count six times normal with 70% lymphocytes. This suggests that the previously described acute neutrophil influx into the alveolar spaces in this syndrome is rapidly replaced by a lymphocyte dominated infiltration.

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