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Medical Must-See: Clearing the air after a rare cannabis reaction

Bronchoalveolar lavage was crucial to the diagnosis.
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4 October 2024
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Initial chest X-ray showing bilateral diffuse reticular opacities suggestive of an interstitial syndrome.

Smoking more than 10 cannabis joints a day for three days left a computer science student in a perilous situation after he developed acute eosinophilic pneumonia, French doctors say.

The 20-year-old arrived at the southern Île-de-France hospital with acute chest pain, cough and dyspnoea, and no relevant medical history aside from a one pack-year smoking habit.

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