Zusammenfassung
Nach 9-wöchiger Kombinationstherapie mit Interferon-α und
Ribavirin klagte eine 62-jährige Patientin mit Hepatitis C erstmals
über trockenen Husten und Belastungsdyspnoe. Laborchemisch fiel eine
erhöhte BSG (Blutsenkungsgeschwindigkeit) auf. Vor der Behandlung waren
sowohl die körperliche Untersuchung der Lunge als auch eine konventionelle
Röntgen-Thorax-Aufnahme unauffällig gewesen. Eine inhalative
Kortikosteroidbehandlung führte zu keiner Verbesserung, und nach
12-wöchiger Therapiedauer zeigten sich in der Röntgen-Thorax-Aufnahme
und in der Computertomographie bilaterale retikulonoduläre
Lungeninfiltrate, die vereinbar mit dem Bild einer interstitiellen Pneumonitis
waren. Zwei Monate nach Abbruch der Kombinationsbehandlung mit
Interferon-α und Ribavirin hatten sich die klinischen Symptome Husten und
Belastungsdyspnoe gebessert und die bilateralen Lungeninfiltrate waren
reversibel. Bislang wurde nur im japanischen Sprachraum gehäuft über
das Auftreten von Pneumonitiden unter der Therapie mit hochdosiertem
IFN-α und einem chinesischen Kräuterextraxt bei Hepatitis C
berichtet, so dass dies unseres Wissens nach einer der ersten Berichte
über das Auftreten einer interstitiellen Pneumonitis unter der
Kombinationstherapie mit IFN-α und Ribavirin bei chronischer Hepatitis C
in Europa und den USA ist.
Abstract
After nine weeks of combination therapy with recombinant
interferon-α and ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C a 62-year old woman
complained of a dry cough and exertional dyspnea. An elevated erythrocyte
sedimentation rate was noticed. Prior to treatment chest X-rays and physical
examination revealed no pulmonary abnormalities. Inhalative steroids did not
improve the symptoms and afer 12 weeks treatment chest X-ray and computed
tomography showed bilateral reticonodular lung infiltration suggesting a
diagnosis of interstitial pneumonitis. Cough and dyspnea resolved and abnormal
lung shadows were reversible within two months following discontinuation of
interferon-/ribavirin treatment. In the Japanese literature there are similar
reports on pneumonitis occurring during high-dose IFN-α and concomitantly
Chinese herbal medicine treatment. To our knowledge this is one of the first
cases of interstitial pneumonitis due to combination therapy with IFN-α
and ribavirin in chronic hepatitis C reported in the western world.
Schlüsselwörter
Interstitielle
Pneumonie - Chronische Hepatitis
C - Interferon-α - Ribavirin
Key words
Interstitial pneumonitis - chronic
hepatitis C - interferon-α - ribavirin
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Dr. Katja S. Rothfuss
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