Concomitant alveolar haemorrhage and cytomegalovirus infection in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

Y L Kwong; K L Wong; I T Kung; P C Chan; W K Lam

doi:10.1136/pgmj.64.747.56

Concomitant alveolar haemorrhage and cytomegalovirus infection in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

Postgrad Med J. 1988 Jan;64(747):56-9. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.64.747.56.

Authors

Y L Kwong¹, K L Wong, I T Kung, P C Chan, W K Lam

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital.

Abstract

We report a 37 year old Chinese woman with systemic lupus erythematosus complicated by concomitant cytomegalovirus pneumonia and alveolar haemorrhage. The cytomegalovirus pneumonia may have been causally related to the alveolar haemorrhage.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Cytomegalovirus Infections / complications*
Female
Hemorrhage / complications*
Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging
Hemorrhage / etiology
Humans
Lung Diseases / complications*
Lung Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Lung Diseases / etiology
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / complications*
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / diagnostic imaging
Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
Pulmonary Alveoli
Radiography