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Pulmonary Embolism an Uncommon First Presenting Symptom of an Undiagnosed Case of HIV

Anil Jha, Hassan Ghoz, Nicholas James.


Abstract
A 32 years old male who presented to our emergency department with shortness of breath, cough and weight loss, all started less than a month time and later diagnosed with HIV infection with very high viral load and low CD4 count. His presenting history was lead the diagnostic workup toward malignancy as there was large hilar masses and concern of metastasis to different place mainly abdomen. Suspicion of HIV arouses as the biopsy from the hilar mass came back negative for malignancy but was positive for tuberculosis. HIV serology came back positive. The literature review showed pulmonary embolism as the very rare first presentation of HIV, and only four cases reported so far, although venous thromboembolism is very common in chronic cases of HIV. J Microbiol Infect Dis 2018; 8(1):33-36

Key words: HIV, pulmonary embolism, cough, chest pain, tuberculosis


 
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Anil Jha, Hassan Ghoz, Nicholas James. Pulmonary Embolism an Uncommon First Presenting Symptom of an Undiagnosed Case of HIV. J Microbiol Infect Dis. 2018; 8(1): 33-36 . doi:10.5799/jmid.404244


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Anil Jha, Hassan Ghoz, Nicholas James. Pulmonary Embolism an Uncommon First Presenting Symptom of an Undiagnosed Case of HIV. https://www.jmidonline.org/?mno=302657232 [Access: November 24, 2024]. doi:10.5799/jmid.404244


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Anil Jha, Hassan Ghoz, Nicholas James. Pulmonary Embolism an Uncommon First Presenting Symptom of an Undiagnosed Case of HIV. J Microbiol Infect Dis. 2018; 8(1): 33-36 . doi:10.5799/jmid.404244



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Anil Jha, Hassan Ghoz, Nicholas James. Pulmonary Embolism an Uncommon First Presenting Symptom of an Undiagnosed Case of HIV. J Microbiol Infect Dis. (2018), [cited November 24, 2024]; 8(1): 33-36 . doi:10.5799/jmid.404244



Harvard Style

Anil Jha, Hassan Ghoz, Nicholas James (2018) Pulmonary Embolism an Uncommon First Presenting Symptom of an Undiagnosed Case of HIV. J Microbiol Infect Dis, 8 (1), 33-36 . doi:10.5799/jmid.404244



Turabian Style

Anil Jha, Hassan Ghoz, Nicholas James. 2018. Pulmonary Embolism an Uncommon First Presenting Symptom of an Undiagnosed Case of HIV. Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 8 (1), 33-36 . doi:10.5799/jmid.404244



Chicago Style

Anil Jha, Hassan Ghoz, Nicholas James. "Pulmonary Embolism an Uncommon First Presenting Symptom of an Undiagnosed Case of HIV." Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 8 (2018), 33-36 . doi:10.5799/jmid.404244



MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Anil Jha, Hassan Ghoz, Nicholas James. "Pulmonary Embolism an Uncommon First Presenting Symptom of an Undiagnosed Case of HIV." Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 8.1 (2018), 33-36 . Print. doi:10.5799/jmid.404244



APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Anil Jha, Hassan Ghoz, Nicholas James (2018) Pulmonary Embolism an Uncommon First Presenting Symptom of an Undiagnosed Case of HIV. Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 8 (1), 33-36 . doi:10.5799/jmid.404244