Exercise-induced haemoptysis as a rare presentation of a rare lung disease.

Thorax

Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Published: September 2016

Amyloid primarily affecting the lungs is a seldom seen clinical entity. This case discusses the work-up of a patient presenting with exercise-induced haemoptysis and diffuse cystic lung disease on radiographic imaging. The common clinical and radiographic findings of diffuse cystic lung diseases as well as a brief overview of pulmonary amyloid are presented.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6660917PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-208020DOI Listing

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