Open AccessShisha smoking as a possible cause of bilateral granulomatous lung lesions
Author(s) -
Choe Eun Ho,
Sutherland Luke,
Hills Christopher,
Sood Jaideep
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
respirology case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2051-3380
DOI - 10.1002/rcr2.374
Subject(s) - medicine , lung , granulomatous inflammation , malignancy , foreign body , vasculitis , high resolution computed tomography , radiology , radiography , computed tomography , dermatology , pathology , disease
A 19‐year‐old male who regularly smoked tobacco shisha pipes presented with pleuritic chest pain, dyspnoea, and cough. He was found to have multiple bilateral lung nodules on computed tomography. A biopsy of the lung revealed necrotizing granulomatous inflammation but without evidence of infection, foreign body, vasculitis, or malignancy. There was spontaneous and complete clinical and radiographic resolution over the next 12 weeks following cessation of shisha use.