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Case Report

Systemic Sclerosis with Hemoptysis and a Huge Lung Cavity

by
Attapon Cheepsattayakorn
1,* and
Ruangrong Cheepsattayakorn
2
1
10th Zonal Tuberculosis and Chest Disease Centre, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2
Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Clin. Pract. 2011, 1(4), e99; https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e99
Submission received: 19 September 2011 / Revised: 19 September 2011 / Accepted: 18 October 2011 / Published: 7 November 2011

Abstract

Systemic sclerosis or scleroderma is associated with distal vasculitis, Raynaud’s phenomenon, and inflammation of internal organs and the skin. We present on a 58-year-old Thai woman with systemic sclerosis who came to the 10th Zonal Tuberculosis and Chest Disease Center, Chiang Mai, Thailand in 2009 and presented with hemoptysis and a solitary hugelung cavity as the predominant clinical manifestations which spontaneously resoluted 2 months later. This case demonstrates a solitary huge-lung cavity with hemoptysis and looked like from non-tuberculous Mycobacterial infections or malignancy with spontaneous resolution of hemoptysis and the lung cavity, which does not need invasive investigations.
Keywords: systemic sclerosis; huge lung cavity; hemoptysis systemic sclerosis; huge lung cavity; hemoptysis

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Cheepsattayakorn, A.; Cheepsattayakorn, R. Systemic Sclerosis with Hemoptysis and a Huge Lung Cavity. Clin. Pract. 2011, 1, e99. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e99

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Cheepsattayakorn A, Cheepsattayakorn R. Systemic Sclerosis with Hemoptysis and a Huge Lung Cavity. Clinics and Practice. 2011; 1(4):e99. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e99

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Cheepsattayakorn, Attapon, and Ruangrong Cheepsattayakorn. 2011. "Systemic Sclerosis with Hemoptysis and a Huge Lung Cavity" Clinics and Practice 1, no. 4: e99. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e99

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