yagi osamitsu
Department School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital), School of Medicine Position Assistant Professor |
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Article types | Case report |
Language | English |
Peer review | Peer reviewed |
Title | A case of pulmonary infarction induced by undiagnosed HIV. |
Journal | Formal name:Respiratory medicine case reports Abbreviation:Respir Med Case Rep ISSN code:22130071/22130071 |
Domestic / Foregin | Foregin |
Volume, Issue, Page | 31,pp.101293 |
Author and coauthor | Akaba Tomohiro†, Kondo Mitsuko, Kobayashi Fumi, Yagi Osamitsu, Takeyama Kiyoshi, Sakai Shuji, Tagaya Etsuko |
Publication date | 2020 |
Summary | A 25-year-old Chinese man visited our institution due to fever and left chest pain. A chest CT showed infiltrative shadows with pleural effusion. Despite antibiotics treatment, his symptoms gradually worsened. The contrast CT showed deterioration of infiltrative shadows with thromboembolism in pulmonary arteries, suggesting pulmonary infarction. Thereafter, his HIV test turned out to be positive. His symptoms and radiological findings improved after initiation of an anticoagulant therapy. No known risk factors for thromboembolism were identified except HIV infection. The possibility of pulmonary thrombosis should be noted when the HIV patient with acute chest pain and pneumonia-like infiltrative shadow is seen. |
DOI | 10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101293 |
PMID | 33251107 |