Department of Pulmonary Medicine, St John's National Academy of Health Sciences, Bengaluru, India.
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, St John's National Academy of Health Sciences, Bengaluru, India.
Chest. 2020 Feb;157(2):e25-e29. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.09.037.
A 51-year-old woman with no comorbidities presented with a 3-month history of cough with mucopurulent expectoration and intermittent fever. Over the past 1 month, she complained of streaky hemoptysis and gave history of expectorating "whitish pellets" in the sputum on two occasions. She had developed progressive breathlessness for a week prior to presentation to our hospital. There was no history of chest pain or loss of weight or appetite. She was a nonsmoker and did not consume alcohol. She had received multiple courses of antibiotics at another center with no relief of symptoms.
一位 51 岁的女性，无合并症，因咳嗽伴黏脓性痰和间歇性发热 3 个月就诊。在过去的 1 个月中，她主诉痰中带血丝，并曾两次咳出“白色颗粒”。在来我院就诊前一周，她出现了进行性呼吸困难。她无胸痛、体重减轻或食欲减退史。她不吸烟，也不饮酒。在另一家医院她已接受了多次抗生素治疗，但症状无缓解。
