Cuadrado, MM;
Ahmed, A;
Carpenter, B;
Brown, JS;
(2017)
Cytomegalovirus pneumonitis complicated by a central peribronchial pattern of organising pneumonia.
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
, 20
pp. 184-187.
10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.02.005.
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Abstract
We present five cases of cytomegalovirus (CMV) pneumonitis occurring in patients after recent T cell deplete allogeneic stem cell transplantation (AlloHSCT). These cases were complicated by an organising pneumonia (during the recovery period) with a predominantly central peribronchial pattern. All patients presented with evidence of active CMV pneumonitis which was treated successfully with anti-viral therapy but was followed by persistent severe dyspnoea, cough and hypoxia. High resolution computed tomography (HRCT) imaging showed widespread central peribronchial consolidation with traction bronchiectasis. There was a marked clinical and physiological improvement after treatment with systemic corticosteroids. However, in all patients the lung function remained abnormal and in some cases imaging revealed a fibrosing lung disease. These cases represent a previously undescribed central peribronchial pattern of organising pneumonia complicating CMV pneumonitis that can result in chronic lung damage.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Cytomegalovirus pneumonitis complicated by a central peribronchial pattern of organising pneumonia |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.02.005 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.02.005 |
| Language: | English |
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| Keywords: | Organising pneumonia, Cytomegalovirus pneumonitis, Allogeneic stem cells transplantation (AlloHSCT) |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Respiratory Medicine |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10026019 |
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