A patient with haemoptysis, rapidly changing pulmonary infiltrates and left flank pain
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A patient with haemoptysis, rapidly changing pulmonary infiltrates and left flank pain.
A 28 year old male patient sought medical advice because of a 2 week history of haemoptysis. He began to suffer from vague right chest pain 1 month earlier, followed by intermittent fever, progressive dyspnoea and cough with blood clots in the sputum. Occasional left upper quadrant and left flank pain were also noted. He lost 6 kg in weight during this period. Pneumonia was suspected from the i...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0000-0000,0903-1936
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.96.09102184