[Summer-type hypersensitivity pneumonitis in monozygotic twins]

Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi. 2003 Feb;41(2):133-7.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We encountered a pair of monozygotic twins with summer-type hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Patients 1 and 2 were 24-year-old men who worked in the same place and shared the same room, which was built of wood. In August, patient 1, a non-smoker, was referred to our hospital because of coughing, fever and dyspnea. In November, the same symptoms appeared in patient 2, who was a smoker. The difference between the onset times in patients 1 and 2 was suspected to be due to cigarette smoking, because their occupations and other circumstances were the same and they were monozygotic twins.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic / etiology*
  • Diseases in Twins*
  • Humans
  • Seasons*
  • Smoking / adverse effects
  • Twins, Monozygotic*