Exercise-induced haemoptysis as a rare presentation of a rare lung disease.
Amyloid primarily affecting the lungs is a seldom seen clinical entity. This case discusses the work-up of a patient presenting with exercise-induced haemoptysis and diffuse cystic lung disease on radiographic imaging. The common clinical and radiographic findings of diffuse cystic lung diseases as well as a brief overview of pulmonary amyloid are presented.
Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Andrew D
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Mihalek
Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Carissa
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Haney
Department of Pathology, National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Maria
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Merino
Department of Pathology, National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA Department of Pathology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Sinchita
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Roy-Chowdhuri
Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Joel
J
Moss
Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Kenneth N
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Olivier
D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001706:Biopsy; D015444:Exercise; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult
Imaging/CT MRI etc; Interstitial Fibrosis; Rare lung diseases