Pulmonary hemorrhage syndrome associated with dengue fever, high-resolution computed tomography findings: a case report.
Dengue hemorrhagic fever is an acute infectious disease caused by dengue virus. We described the high-resolution CT findings in a 70-year-old male with the disease, which was diagnosed by clinical examination and confirmed by serological methods. High-resolution CT demonstrated bilateral areas of consolidation with air bronchogram and ground glass opacities, as well as small bilateral pleural effusions. Dengue hemorrhagic fever should be considered in the differential diagnosis of diffuse pulmonary hemorrhage.
Marchiori
Edson
E
Fluminense Federal University, Rua Thomaz Cameron, 438, Valparaiso, CEP 25685,120, Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. edmarchiori@gmail.com
Ferreira
José Luiz N
JL
Bittencourt
Carolina N
CN
de Araújo Neto
César A
CA
Zanetti
Gláucia
G
Mano
Cláudia M
CM
Santos
Alair A S D
AA
Vianna
Alberto D
AD
D000368:Aged; D003716:Dengue Virus; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D019595:Severe Dengue / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*