Acute cor pulmonale due to lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia in a child with AIDS

Moreira-Silva, Sandra Fagundes; Moreno, Linda Marly C.; Dazzi, Mariana; Caiafa Freire, Consuelo Maria; Miranda, Angelica Espinosa

doi:10.1016/S1413-8670(12)70326-4

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Abstract

Background

Acute cor pulmonale is a clinical syndrome with signs of right-sided heart failure resulting from sudden increase of pulmonary vascular resistance.

Case presentation

A five-year-old male, infected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), was admitted at the division of infectious diseases of this hospital with cough, tachydyspnea, fever, and breathing difficulty. Computed tomography scan showed ground-glass opacities, cystic lesions, and bronchiectasis. The patient had nasal flaring, intercostal and subcostal retractions, and keeled chest. Abdomen was depressible; liver was 3cm from the right-costal border, while spleen was 6cm from the left-costal border. Echocardiogram examinations showed signs of acute cor pulmonale characterized by pulmonary hypertension and increased right-heart chamber dimensions.

Diagnostics outcome

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-B3, lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia (LIP), and acute cor pulmonale. Regressions of pulmonary hypertension and of right-heart chamber were observed after 30 days of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and chloroquine therapy.

Conclusion

AIDS should be considered in children with recurrent pneumonia that is mostly associated with LIP rather than cystic fibrosis.

Keywords:

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Adult

Children

Respiratory tract infections

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