[A case of pulmonary fibrosis associated with CMV inclusion body].
A 71-year-old woman admitted to our hospital with complaints of progressive dyspnea on exertion and weight loss. Roentgenological examination demonstrated peripheral pulmonary fibrosis and a mediastinal tumor suggesting thymoma. The pathological findings of transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) confirmed pulmonary fibrosis. Moreover, cytomegalic inclusion bodies in TBLB and a high titer of serum CMV IgG antibody suggested pulmonary CMV infection. It is considered that pulmonary fibrosis and CMV infection were coexistent in this patient.
Yonemaru
M
M
First Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical College, Japan.
Ustumi
K
K
Kasuga
I
I
Torii
Y
Y
Ichinose
Y
Y
Toyama
K
K
Ebihara
Y
Y
D000368:Aged; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007181:Inclusion Bodies, Viral; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000150:complications*; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications