Persistent middle lobe abnormality in an East African male.

نویسندگان

  • S E Gradwohl
  • R A Dietrich
  • W L Whitlock
چکیده

A 12-year-old East African boy presented in June 1987 with fevers, cough, and malaise. His chest roentgenogram was interpreted as showing a right middle lobe infiltrate. He was treated with erythromycin for two weeks and had clinical resolution of his symptoms. The repeated chest roentgenogram showed persistent abnormalities (Fig 1 and 2). The patient had immigrated to the United States one year earlier. He had a history of recurrent pneumonias during his childhood but an otherwise normal development. He had also had an ascaris infection two years earlier. He was thin and at the 85th percentile for height and weight. Chest examination showed scattered crackles in the right anterior axillary line

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Chest

دوره 96 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1989