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Medicina (Buenos Aires)
Print version ISSN 0025-7680
Abstract
FERNANDEZ CASARES, Marcelo et al. Rituximab-induced interstitial lung disease. Medicina (B. Aires) [online]. 2013, vol.73, n.4, pp.343-345. ISSN 0025-7680.
The introduction of the anti-CD20 antibody rituximab into clinical practice has improved substantially the prognosis of a variety of haematological and autoimmune diseases. The interstitial lung disease is one of most serious and potentially fatal complications of rituximab therapy. This diagnosis should be considered in patients who have received the drug and present with dyspnea, fever and cough without clear evidence of infection. We report a case of rituximab-induced interstitial lung disease.
Keywords : Interstitial lung disease; Rituximab.