Respiratory · UKMLA & AKT
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (extrinsic allergic alveolitis)
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- Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) / extrinsic allergic alveolitis (EAA) - inflammatory interstitial lung disease caused by immune response to inhaled organic antigens in a sensitised individual. Genuinely reversible if antigen removed early.
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