title: [A case of pulmonary fibrosis associated with CMV inclusion body].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yonemaru
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ustumi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kasuga
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Torii
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ichinose
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Toyama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ebihara
mesh_terms: 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