A very rare cause of dyspnea with a unique presentation on a computed tomography scan of the chest: Macrophage activation syndrome;Uma rara causa de dispnéia com apresentação singular na tomografia computadorizada de tórax: Síndrome de ativação macrofágica

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 118-120

  Brandão Neto, Rodrigo Antônio ^a   Santana, Alfredo Nicodemos Cruz ^a,b   Danilovic, Debora Lucia Seguro ^a   Bernardi, Fabíola Del Carlo ^a   Barbas, Carmen Silvia Valente ^a   De Mendonça, Berenice Bilharinho ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo FMUSP ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Lung diseases, interstitial; Lymphohistiocytosis, hemophagocytic; Macrophage activation; Tomography, X ray computed

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SYNDROME;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; LYMPHOCYTES; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 41549134720     PISSN: 18063713     EISSN: 18063713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Emmenegger U, Schaer DJ, Larroche C, Neftel KA. Haemophagocytic syndromes in adults: current concepts and challenges ahead. Swiss Med Wkly. 2005;135(21-22):299-314.
2. Popper HH, Zenz W, Mache C, Ohlinger W. Familial haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. A report of three cases with unusual lung involvement. Histopathology. 1994;25(5):439-45.
3. Tateishi U, Nishihara H, Okano M, Kobayashi R, Kobayashi I, Fujita N. High-resolution CT findings of macrophage activation syndrome: a case report. Pediatr Radiol. 2000;30(10):699-701.
4. Buza N, Bálint I, Schneider T, Koltai L, Orosz Z. Unusual clinical manifestation of virus-associated hemophagocytic syndrome. Pathol Res Pract. 2003;199(11):755-9.
5. Baldi BG, Santana AN, Takagaki TY. Nocardiose pulmonar e cutânea em paciente usuário de corticosteróide. J Bras Pneumol. 2006;32(6):592-5.
6. Silva RM, Rosa L, Lemos RN. Alterações radiográficas em pacientes com a co-infecção vírus da imunodeficiê ncia humana/tuberculose: relação com a contagem de células TCD4+. J Bras Pneumol. 2006;32(3):228-33.
7. Bombarda S, Figueiredo CM, Seiscento M, Terra-filho M. Pulmonary tuberculosis: tomographic evaluation in the active and post-treatment phases. Sao Paulo Med J 2003;121(5):198-202.
8. Leão RC, Marchiori E, Rodrigues R, Souza Jr AS, Gasparetto EL, Escuissato DL. Tomografia computadorizada na avaliação da aspergilose pulmonar angioinvasiva em pacientes com leucemia aguda . Radiol Bras. 2006;39(5):327-31.
9. Santos ML, Marchiori E, Vianna AD, Souza Jr AS, Moraes HP. Opacidades em vidro fosco nas doenças pulmonares difusas: correlação da tomografia computadorizada de alta resolução com a anatomopatologia. Radiol Bras. 2003; 36(6):329-38.
10. Pipavath S, Godwin JD. Imaging of the chest: idiopathic interstitial pneumonia. Clin Chest Med. 2004;25(4):651-6, v-vi. Review.
11. Leslie KO. Pathology of interstitial lung disease. Clin Chest Med. 2004;25(4):657-703, vi. Review.