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Case Reports
. 2023 May;163(5):e223-e229.
doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.12.038.

A 24-Year-Old Woman With Cough, Arthralgia, and Skin Ulcerations

Thibault Leveque  1 , Anastasia Pavlidi  2 , Thomas Lacoste-Palasset  1 , Aurélie Cazes  3 , Jonathan Messika  4 , Philippe Montravers  5 , Brice Lortat-Jacob  5 , Yves-Hervé Castier  6 , Vincent Bunel  4 , Raphaël Borie  7 , Damien Sène  2 , Yves Allenbach  8 , Bruno Mégarbane  1 , Cloé Comarmond  9
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A 24-Year-Old Woman With Cough, Arthralgia, and Skin Ulcerations

Thibault Leveque et al. Chest. 2023 May.

Abstract

A 24-year-old Senegalese woman without remarkable history except anemia and iron deficiency related to excessive menstrual bleeding and sickle cell trait was admitted to our internal medicine department with 4-month fever, weight loss (-13 kg), dyspnea for limited efforts, intermittent productive cough, and bilateral metacarpophalangeal (MCP) and interphalangeal arthralgia. She was born and lived in France. She traveled previously to Senegal in 2015. She had no history of tobacco, alcohol, or drug use nor proximity with animals. She was taking no medication.

Keywords: ECMO; anti-MDA5; interstitial lung disease; lung transplantation.

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