A 29-Year-Old Woman With Cough, Dry Eyes, Pulmonary Cysts, and Nodules

Chest. 2021 Aug;160(2):e195-e198. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.02.051.

Abstract

A 29-year-old woman who is a never smoker and has a medical history of systemic hypertension presented with a 3-week history of generalized fatigue and dry cough. She endorsed sicca symptoms of dry eyes and dry mouth. She denied breathlessness, fever, chills, night sweats, or weight loss. She had no heartburn, postnasal drip, joint pain, swelling, or skin lesions. She had no known lung disease or history of pneumothorax. Her family history was unremarkable.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cough
  • Cysts / diagnosis
  • Cysts / etiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin Light Chains / metabolism*
  • Lung Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Lung Diseases / etiology*
  • Multiple Pulmonary Nodules / diagnosis
  • Multiple Pulmonary Nodules / etiology
  • Mycophenolic Acid / therapeutic use
  • Sjogren's Syndrome / complications*
  • Sjogren's Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Sjogren's Syndrome / drug therapy

Substances

  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Immunoglobulin Light Chains
  • Mycophenolic Acid