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"Crack lung and heart" presenting after chemotherapy in a 65-year-old man with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Curr Oncol
; 15(1): 63-5, 2008 Jan.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18317587
RESUMO
Crack cocaine can cause a variety of pulmonary and cardiac complications. Pulmonary findings in a 65- year-old man with non-Hodgkin lymphoma who presented with shortness of breath not resolving with antibiotics are presented here. The usual manifestation of "crack lung" in an unusual clinical circumstance underlines the importance of a clinical history in such cases. The finding of "crack lung" preceded the diagnosis of probable "crack heart." No other similar published case reports could be identified in the literature.