2018, Number 1
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Acta Med Cent 2018; 12 (1)
Neumonía organizativa criptógena
García EC, Philip N, Santos PLA, Fernández REG, Santos TY, Hernández NH, Carballo FM, Inampué FYC, Mederos ME, Gutiérrez HAE, Olivera EAJ
Language: Spanish
References: 10
Page: 104-123
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ABSTRACT
Male patient of 74 years old, with personal pathological histories of obesity, hypertension, diabetes mellitus and left branch block of the bundle of His. He began with dyspnea and dry cough that did not improve with the treatment imposed by the family doctor. He went to the Cardiocentro “Ernesto Che Guevara” and carried out complementary tests: hemoglobin (low figures), creatinine and uric acid (elevated), from where he was referred to “Arnaldo Milián Castro” Hospital Guardhouse: bibasal crackles were heard in the respiratory system, systolic murmur II/VI in aortic and pulmonary focus and edema of the lower limbs; a chest x-ray showed cottony speckling on both lung bases and an echocardiogram signs of severe pulmonary hypertension. He was admitted with diagnoses of chronic kidney disease due to diabetic nephropathy and arterial hypertension; he evolved poorly, he did not respond to the treatments and died of respiratory failure 18 days after admission. The findings at necropsy allowed the diagnosis of decompensated chronic cor pulmonale in a patient suffering from severe pulmonary hypertension due to cryptogenic organizing pneumonia as a basic cause of death.
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