Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome with Increased Serum and Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Levels of Squamous Cell Carcinoma-Related Antigen.
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Japanese Society of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine
- Vol. 35 (6) , 497-501
- https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.35.497
Abstract
We report a case with adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) associated with increased levels of squamous cell carcinoma-related antigen (SCC) in the serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF). ARDS was likely induced by ibuprofen, based on the presence of pancytopenia and a weakly positive drug lymphocyte stimulating test (DLST). High serum and BALF levels of interleukin (IL)-8, neutrophil elastase as well as SCC were detected. Corticosteroid therapy resulted in clinical improvement, resolution of pulmonary infiltrates on chest roentgenogram and normalization of serum and BALF levels of IL-8, neutrophil elastase and SCC.Keywords
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