Lethal occult pulmonary hemorrhage in drug-induced thrombocytopenia.
A patient with drug-induced thrombocytopenia who died because of massive pulmonary hemorrhage is described. The patient had a clinical picture of acute respiratory distress resembling pulmonary edema, but there was no hemoptysis. Chest x-ray films showed granular density in the pulmonary fields, and the electrocardiograms revealed a pattern of acute biatrial enlargement. The diagnosis was confirmed at autopsy.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D009780:Occult Blood; D011859:Radiography; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000150:complications