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Medisan ; 20(1)ene.-ene. 2016. ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS, CUMED | ID: lil-774456

ABSTRACT

Se presenta el caso clínico de un paciente de 52 años, expuesto a las cenizas del volcán Tungurahua en erupción, quien acudió a la Consulta de Medicina Familiar Comunitaria del Cantón Guano, provincia ecuatoriana de Riobamba, por presentar cuadro de tos productiva en horario matutino, mucoide de coloración blanco amarillenta, toma del estado general, fiebre vespertina, pérdida de apetito y peso. Según los resultados radiográficos y tomográficos presentó signos sugestivos de tuberculosis pulmonar; los esputos BAAR directos y los cultivos negativos. Los hallazgos anatomopatológicos permitieron confirmar el diagnóstico de fibrosis pulmonar idiopática.


The case report of a 52 years patient is presented, exposed to the ashes of Tungurahua volcano in eruption, who went to the Community Family Medicine Department of the Canton Guano, Ecuadorian province of Riobamba, for presenting productive cough in the morning, mucoid of yellowish white coloration, bad general state, evening fever, appetite and weight loss. According to the radiographic and topographic results, he had suggestive signs of lung tuberculosis; direct BAAR sputa and negative cultures. The pathological findings allowed to confirm the diagnosis of idiopathic lung fibrosis.


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Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis/diagnosis , Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis/diagnostic imaging , Tuberculosis, Pulmonary , Ecuador
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