title: [A case of juvenile pulmonary infarction associated with diet therapy].
abstract: A 31-year-old man experienced chest pain, fever, bloody sputum and cough after diet therapy. Chest radiography and chest CT showed infiltration in the right lower lung field and right pleural effusion. Pulmonary embolism and infarction was diagnosed using 99mTc-MAA perfusion scans and chest enhanced CT. The patient did not have a thrombotic disposition and deep vein thrombosis in the lower extremities. This case did not have an acute onset or dyspnea, and was not typical of pulmonary embolism. The diet therapy may have caused dehydration and acted as a predisposing cause of pulmonary embolism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tenri Hospital, 200 Mishimacho, Tenri, Nara, 632-8552, Japan.
authors.forename: Tetsuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Kazukiyo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oida
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Taguchi
authors.forename: Eisaku
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Terufumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakuramoto
authors.forename: Masayoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Minakuchi
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: Ko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maniwa
authors.forename: Kunihiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Terada
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Noma
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003681:Dehydration / Q000209:etiology; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004035:Diet Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*