A 39-Year-Old Woman With Synchronous Endobronchial and Adrenal Tumors

Chest. 2021 Dec;160(6):e629-e632. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.07.028.

Abstract

A 39-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus that was complicated by end-stage renal disease that had required a deceased donor renal transplant 16 years ago was referred for evaluation of chronic, nonproductive cough for 2 years. She was a lifetime nonsmoker whose condition was maintained on prednisone 5 mg daily, tacrolimus 3 mg twice day, mycophenolate mofetil 500 mg twice a day for her immunosuppression regimen, valacyclovir 500 mg twice a day for prophylaxis, and clonidine 0.1 mg daily and metoprolol succinate 100 mg twice daily for hypertension.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / surgery
  • Adrenalectomy
  • Adult
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / blood
  • Bronchial Neoplasms / surgery
  • Bronchial Neoplasms / virology*
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Cough
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / surgery
  • Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / virology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / complications
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary
  • Smooth Muscle Tumor / surgery
  • Smooth Muscle Tumor / virology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor