Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia

Autor:	R Swapna, Rahul Roshan, Sunil K Chhabra
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia Diseases of the respiratory system RC705-779
Zdroj:	Lung India, Vol 34, Iss 4, Pp 372-375 (2017)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	0970-2113 0974-598X
DOI:	10.4103/0970-2113.209236
Popis:	Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome (POS), the occurrence of dyspnea and arterial desaturation on changing from supine to sitting position, is a very rare phenomenon. Most case reports have been in association with an intra-atrial communication, and observation of this unusual physiological abnormality in pulmonary conditions has been extremely rare. We present a case of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis where the patient developed characteristic symptoms of POS when it was complicated by Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia. This was objectively confirmed. A similar association has not been reported earlier in literature.
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