Monday, March 30, 2009

Day #263 - Hemoptysis

Today we discussed a patient with previously resected lung cancer who presents with new onset worsening of hemoptysis. We've previously discussed haemoptysis here .

This case subsequently turned out to be a pulmonary hemmorhage syndrome (Churg Strauss) with glomerulonephritis. There is a good case report in the NEJM here. There is another case in NEJM here as well.

The original case description is available here.

A review on pulmonary vasculitis here.

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