Postcoital Haemoptysis: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature
| Autor: | G Prisadov, Emeka B. Kesieme, Christopher Affusim, Peter O Okokhere, Eghosa Aigbe, Browne C. Okonkwo |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty education.field_of_study business.industry valvular heart disease Population lcsh:R lcsh:Medicine Case Report General Medicine medicine.disease Aged patients Cardiac decompensation African population medicine Etiology cardiovascular system Ischaemic heart disease education business |
| Zdroj: | Case Reports in Medicine, Vol 2013 (2013) Case Reports in Medicine |
| ISSN: | 1687-9635 1687-9627 |
| Popis: | Haemoptysis is rarely reported following coitus, and cardiac decompensation has been mostly implicated in the aetiology. We present a 53-year-old Nigerian, known hypertensive diabetic woman with background ischaemic heart disease who presented with postcoital haemoptysis of one-year duration. Echocardiography revealed combined ischaemic and mitral valvular heart disease, probably of rheumatic aetiology. There has been no previous report in an African population. This case illustrates the need to rule out coitus as a rare but potential cause of haemoptysis in middle aged patients with underlying cardiac pathologies and the need for an extensive cardiac workup in a population with predominantly pulmonary causes of haemoptysis. |
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