Department of Medicine, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI, USA.
Department of Medicine, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT, USA.
Am J Case Rep. 2021 Apr 15;22:e929915. doi: 10.12659/AJCR.929915.
BACKGROUND In 2019, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) described the criteria for the diagnosis of e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury (EVALI), which may be caused by contamination of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinoid (THC) e-liquids with vitamin E acetate. This report describes a case of a 20-year-old man with a history of recreational drug use that included vaping, who presented with EVALI and a coagulopathy associated with thrombotic events. CASE REPORT We present a 20-year-old patient who worked at a cannabidiol (CBD) manufacturing facility with a history of e-cigarette use and polysubstance abuse in remission who presented with respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms accompanied by 50-pound weight loss over 6 months. The patient had been vaping with nicotine and THC-containing e-cigarettes multiple times per day for 1.5 years. He met the CDC surveillance criteria for EVALI, consisting of respiratory symptoms and infiltrates on imaging within 90 days of vaping, and was found to have eosinophilic pneumonia secondary to THC-containing e-cigarette use. Additionally, thrombi were detected in the pulmonary arteries, right saphenous vein, and right ventricle. A segmental infarct was noted in the inferior pole of the left kidney. CONCLUSIONS We present the second case report potentially linking e-cigarette use with clinically significant thrombogenesis, the first with both arterial and venous thromboses. This report demonstrates the importance of taking a history of e-cigarette use in patients presenting with lung injury. Although EVALI and the diagnostic criteria have only recently been described, systemic effects, including coagulopathy, are now being reported.
2019 年,美国疾病控制与预防中心(CDC)描述了电子烟或蒸气产品使用相关肺损伤(EVALI)的诊断标准,这可能是由于大麻二酚(THC)电子烟液与维生素 E 醋酸酯的污染所致。本报告描述了一名 20 岁有滥用药物史的男子,他曾吸食电子烟,并伴有与血栓形成事件相关的凝血病。
我们介绍了一名 20 岁的患者,他曾在一家大麻二酚(CBD)制造厂工作,有吸食电子烟和药物滥用史,目前处于缓解期,出现了呼吸和胃肠道症状,体重在 6 个月内下降了 50 磅。患者曾每天多次吸食含有尼古丁和 THC 的电子烟,已有 1.5 年的吸食史。他符合 CDC 对 EVALI 的监测标准,即在吸食电子烟后 90 天内出现呼吸症状和影像学浸润,并被发现患有由 THC 电子烟引起的嗜酸性肺炎。此外,还在肺动脉、右隐静脉和右心室检测到血栓。左肾下极有一处节段性梗死。
我们报告了第二例可能与吸食电子烟有关的临床显著血栓形成病例,第一例同时存在动脉和静脉血栓形成。本报告表明,在出现肺损伤的患者中,询问电子烟使用史非常重要。尽管 EVALI 和诊断标准最近才被描述,但现在已经报告了包括凝血病在内的全身效应。