The development of pulmonary aspergillosis and pneumothorax in a patient with neutropenic systemic lupus erythematosus and successful treatment of the first case

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PAMUK Ö. N., PAMUK G. E., Barutcu E., Celik A. D.

BMJ Case Reports, 2014 (Scopus)

• Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
• Basım Tarihi: 2014
• Doi Numarası: 10.1136/bcr-2013-200818
• Dergi Adı: BMJ Case Reports
• Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
• Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
• Trakya Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

There are reports on patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with aspergillosis; however, aspergillosis-related pneumothorax has not been reported in SLE. We present a female patient with active SLE who was administered high-dose steroids, developed an opportunistic bacterial infection and had a cavitary pulmonary lesion. Sputum cultures yielded Aspergillus fumigatus. She was administered voriconazole. She developed dyspnoea and chest X-ray showed pneumothorax. She was placed with an underwater drainage chest tube; the pneumothorax and the pulmonary lesion regressed. Copyright 2014 BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved.