Ephrem D
Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
East Afr Med J. 1990 Oct;67(10):740-2.
A 10-year-old female child who presented with worsening respiratory distress and acute rheumatic fever is discussed. Patient had also right side consolidation and a diagnosis of rheumatic pneumonia by post-morterm lung biopsy. A literature review on rheumatic pneumonia is made.