Hemoptysis during sexual arousal. An unusual manifestation of amyloidosis.
Hemoptysis associated with sexual arousal is thought to be secondary to cardiac dysfunction brought on by the physiologic stress of sexual activity. A patient who presented with hemoptysis occurring only during episodes of sexual stimulation was subsequently found to have cardiac amyloidosis.
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Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012725:Sexual Behavior