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Pulmonary hemorrhage in an immunocompromised, thrombocytopenic patient. How to make a difficult diagnosis. 1990

D Hastings, and P C Alguire

Clinical Center, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing 48824-1315.

Bilateral, diffuse infiltrates visible on chest radiographs of an immunocompromised patient suggest the possibility of infection, but occasionally other interesting conditions are responsible for the clinical picture. In this article, the authors describe a case in which special procedures were necessary to make the correct diagnosis.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007108	Immune Tolerance	The specific failure of a normally responsive individual to make an immune response to a known antigen. It results from previous contact with the antigen by an immunologically immature individual (fetus or neonate) or by an adult exposed to extreme high-dose or low-dose antigen, or by exposure to radiation, antimetabolites, antilymphocytic serum, etc.	Immunosuppression (Physiology),Immunosuppressions (Physiology),Tolerance, Immune
D008171	Lung Diseases	Pathological processes involving any part of the LUNG.	Pulmonary Diseases,Disease, Pulmonary,Diseases, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Disease,Disease, Lung,Diseases, Lung,Lung Disease
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D006470	Hemorrhage	Bleeding or escape of blood from a vessel.	Bleeding,Hemorrhages
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000741	Anemia, Aplastic	A form of anemia in which the bone marrow fails to produce adequate numbers of peripheral blood elements.	Anemia, Hypoplastic,Aplastic Anaemia,Aplastic Anemia,Anaemia, Aplastic,Aplastic Anaemias,Aplastic Anemias,Hypoplastic Anemia,Hypoplastic Anemias
D013921	Thrombocytopenia	A subnormal level of BLOOD PLATELETS.	Thrombopenia,Thrombocytopenias,Thrombopenias