A 60-Year-Old Woman With Recurrent Hemoptysis

Chest. 2020 Dec;158(6):e273-e277. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.06.069.

Abstract

A 60-year-old non-smoker white woman presented with a new episode of hemoptysis. She reported recurrent hemoptoic sputum in the past month. She had no relevant medical history, except presumed resolved bacterial pneumonia 1 year ago. She denied taking immunosuppressive treatment and was not exposed to lung irritants. She had not traveled recently. General health status was good. She denied fever, dyspnea, chest pain, and extra-pulmonary symptoms.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Chronic Disease
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Hemoptysis / diagnosis*
  • Hemoptysis / etiology
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / complications*
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / diagnosis
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed