An 80-Year-Old Man With Hemoptysis and Unilateral Patchy Opacities

Chest. 2018 Nov;154(5):e135-e138. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2018.05.009.

Abstract

An 80-year-old man presented with a 5-day history of hemoptysis, mild shortness of breath on exertion, fatigue, and malaise. He denied chest pain or fever. He had a history of hypertension, congestive heart failure, and left nephrectomy for renal cancer 10 years earlier; he was a former cigarette smoker with a 50 pack-year history, having quit 5 years prior to presentation. The patient did not report any recent travel history or occupational or animal exposures, and he did not have gastroesophageal reflux. Medications included diltiazem hydrochloride, irbesartan, hydrochlorothiazide, and ranitidine.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic / blood*
  • Bronchoscopy / methods
  • Cyclophosphamide / administration & dosage*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Dyspnea / diagnosis*
  • Dyspnea / etiology
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique
  • Hemoglobins / analysis
  • Hemoptysis* / diagnosis
  • Hemoptysis* / etiology
  • Hemoptysis* / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / administration & dosage
  • Kidney Function Tests / methods
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Methylprednisolone / administration & dosage*
  • Microscopic Polyangiitis* / diagnosis
  • Microscopic Polyangiitis* / immunology
  • Microscopic Polyangiitis* / physiopathology
  • Pulmonary Alveoli / pathology
  • Renal Insufficiency* / diagnosis
  • Renal Insufficiency* / etiology
  • Renal Insufficiency* / immunology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic
  • Hemoglobins
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Cyclophosphamide
  • Methylprednisolone