A 54-year-old man referred with nonresolving pneumonia

Chest. 2014 Sep;146(3):e92-e96. doi: 10.1378/chest.13-2790.

Abstract

A 54-year-old man was referred with nonresolving pneumonia. He had been treated for community-acquired pneumonia 6 weeks earlier. He reported grade 2 dyspnea, malaise, and a nonproductive cough. He had also experienced three episodes of minimal hemoptysis but denied weight loss, fever, or any other constitutional symptoms. He was a nonsmoker and was being treated for dyslipidemia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived / therapeutic use
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Community-Acquired Infections / etiology*
  • Cyclophosphamide / therapeutic use
  • Doxorubicin / therapeutic use
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Humans
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Neoplasms / complications*
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Lung Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / complications*
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / diagnosis*
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / drug therapy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumonia / etiology*
  • Prednisone / therapeutic use
  • Rituximab
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vincristine / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived
  • Rituximab
  • Vincristine
  • Doxorubicin
  • Cyclophosphamide
  • Prednisone

Supplementary concepts

  • CHOP protocol