title: Massive hemoptysis in a woman with seizures.
abstract: A 53-year-old woman presented with a productive cough, fever, chills, and night sweats of one month's duration. She reported having had lightly blood-streaked sputum initially but then experiencing massive hemoptysis (> 200 mL/2 hr). Since the onset of symptoms, she had had malaise, body aches, and a 27-lb weight loss. For the last two weeks, she had also had increasing shortness of breath and pleuritic chest pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, USA.
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Dizon
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Matfin
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Adelman
mesh_terms: D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000175:diagnosis; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis; D012640:Seizures / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015431:Weight Loss