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ArticleBMJ case reports2019

Pulmonary vasculitis mimicking chronic thromboembolic disease.

Noor Ali, Lynsey Clarke, Robert Valentine MacKenzie Ross, Graham Robinson

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Noor AliRadiology, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Bath, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5507-7062
Lynsey ClarkeNorth Bristol NHS Trust, Rheumatology, Bristol, UK.
Robert Valentine MacKenzie RossRadiology, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Bath, UK.
Graham RobinsonRadiology, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Bath, UK.
Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust · GBDoctors Hospital · USNorth Bristol NHS Trust · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 29-year-old female patient presented with chest pain, breathlessness and syncope on the background of constitutional symptoms, oral ulceration and a rash. Multiple investigations were performed, including a CT pulmonary angiogram (CTPA) that was initially felt to show imaging features consistent with a diagnosis of chronic thromboembolic disease (CTED). The patient was referred to a tertiary pulmonary hypertension centre and the possibility of pulmonary vasculitis was raised. Subsequent positron emission tomography (PET)-CT revealed imaging features supporting this diagnosis. The patient was treated with intravenous cyclophosphamide infusions, following which her symptoms improved. A repeat PET-CT 6 months after treatment showed resolution in pulmonary artery and mediastinal uptake, but persistence of pulmonary artery occlusions on a repeat CTPA. A final diagnosis of pulmonary vasculitis secondary to Behçet's disease was made. This case report aims to raise awareness of the imaging features of CTED and its mimics.

Indexed as

Administration, IntravenousAdultAntirheumatic AgentsBehcet SyndromeCyclophosphamideDiagnosis, DifferentialEchocardiographyFemaleHumansHypertension, PulmonaryPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyPulmonary ArteryThromboembolismVasculitisAntirheumatic AgentsCyclophosphamidepulmonary hypertensionradiologyvasculitis

Identifiers

PMID30967450
PMCPMC6506152
OpenAlexW2938552864

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