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. 2008 Jan;15(1):63-5.
doi: 10.3747/co.2008.202.

"Crack lung and heart" presenting after chemotherapy in a 65-year-old man with non-Hodgkin lymphoma

G G Alvarez  1 , R H C van der Jagt
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"Crack lung and heart" presenting after chemotherapy in a 65-year-old man with non-Hodgkin lymphoma

G G Alvarez et al. Curr Oncol. 2008 Jan.

Abstract

Crack cocaine can cause a variety of pulmonary and cardiac complications. Pulmonary findings in a 65- year-old man with non-Hodgkin lymphoma who presented with shortness of breath not resolving with antibiotics are presented here. The usual manifestation of "crack lung" in an unusual clinical circumstance underlines the importance of a clinical history in such cases. The finding of "crack lung" preceded the diagnosis of probable "crack heart." No other similar published case reports could be identified in the literature.

Keywords: cocaine; non-Hodgkin lymphoma; “Crack lung”.

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Computed tomography image of thorax, October 2005.
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Computed tomography image of thorax, February 2006.
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