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Two Cases of Hot Tub Lung in Bodyscrubbers Working in a Public Bath

대중목욕탕 근무 후 발생한 온수 욕조 폐 2예

  • Bak, Ji Young (Department of Internal Medicine, Paik Hospital, Inje University Collage of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Kwang Sil (Department of Internal Medicine, Paik Hospital, Inje University Collage of Medicine) ;
  • Park, I-Nae (Department of Internal Medicine, Paik Hospital, Inje University Collage of Medicine) ;
  • Yum, Ho-Kee (Department of Internal Medicine, Paik Hospital, Inje University Collage of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Seung Heon (Department of Internal Medicine, Paik Hospital, Inje University Collage of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Hyun-Kyung (Department of Internal Medicine, Paik Hospital, Inje University Collage of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Young Min (Department of Internal Medicine, Paik Hospital, Inje University Collage of Medicine) ;
  • Jung, Hoon (Department of Internal Medicine, Paik Hospital, Inje University Collage of Medicine) ;
  • Hur, Jin-Won (Department of Internal Medicine, Paik Hospital, Inje University Collage of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Seong Soon (Department of Internal Medicine, Paik Hospital, Inje University Collage of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Hyuk Pyo (Department of Internal Medicine, Paik Hospital, Inje University Collage of Medicine) ;
  • Choi, Soo Jeon (Department of Internal Medicine, Paik Hospital, Inje University Collage of Medicine) ;
  • Shin, Eun Ah (Department of Pathology, Paik Hospital, Inje University Collage of Medicine) ;
  • Choi, Sang Bong (Department of Internal Medicine, Paik Hospital, Inje University Collage of Medicine)
  • 박지영 (인제대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 김광실 (인제대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 박이내 (인제대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 염호기 (인제대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 이승헌 (인제대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 이현경 (인제대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 이영민 (인제대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 정훈 (인제대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 허진원 (인제대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 이성순 (인제대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 이혁표 (인제대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 최수전 (인제대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 신은아 (인제대학교 의과대학 병리학교실) ;
  • 최상봉 (인제대학교 의과대학 내과학교실)
  • Received : 2008.12.05
  • Accepted : 2008.12.16
  • Published : 2009.01.30

Abstract

Hot tub lung has been described as a pulmonary illness associated with exposure to nontuberculous mycobacteria,mainly hot bathtub water contaminated with Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) and hence the name. Although not entirely clear, its etiology has been thought to involve either an infection or a hypersensitivity pneumonitis secondary to MAC. Herein, we describe 2 female patients (60 and 53 years old) admitted to our hospital with hot tub lung, and both of whom worked in a public bath. Both women were initially admitted following several months of exertional dyspnea and cough. The patients had been working as body-scrubbers in a public bath for several years. Their chest CT scans showed bilateral diffuse ground-glass opacities with multifocal air-trappings and poorly defined centrilobular nodules in both lungs. Pathological findings from lung specimens revealed small non-necrotizing granuloma in the lung parenchyme with relatively normal-looking adjacent alveoli. Discontinuation of working in the public bath led to an improvement in symptoms and radiographic abnormalities, without antimycobacterial therapy.

Hot tub lung은 NTM, 주로 MAC에 오염된 온수에 노출 후 폐에 감염 또는 과민반응이 유발되어 발생하는 폐 질환으로 알려져 있다. 저자들은 같은 대중목욕탕에서 목욕관리사로 일하던 중 발생한 hot tube lung 환자 2명을 경험하여 보고하는 바이다. 2명의 여성(60세와 53세)이 수개월 전부터 운동성 호흡곤란 및 기침이 발생하여 병원에 내원하였다. 환자들은 수년 전부터 같은 대중목욕탕에서 목욕관리사로 일하고 있었다. 가슴 CT에서 양측 폐에 미만성 간유리 음영과 공기포획 및 경계가 불분명한 소엽중심성 미세결절이 관찰되었다. 폐 조직검사에서 폐 실질에 작은 비건락성 육아종들이 관찰되었고 인접한 폐포들은 비교적 정상소견을 보였다. 환자들은 항결핵제 치료 없이 대중목욕탕 근무를 중단한 것 만으로 증상과 방사선 소견이 호전되었다.

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