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Pulmonary Embolism an Uncommon First Presenting Symptom of an Undiagnosed Case of HIV

Anil Jha, Hassan Ghoz, Nicholas James.


Abstract
A 32 years old male who presented to our emergency department with shortness of breath, cough and weight loss, all started less than a month time and later diagnosed with HIV infection with very high viral load and low CD4 count. His presenting history was lead the diagnostic workup toward malignancy as there was large hilar masses and concern of metastasis to different place mainly abdomen. Suspicion of HIV arouses as the biopsy from the hilar mass came back negative for malignancy but was positive for tuberculosis. HIV serology came back positive. The literature review showed pulmonary embolism as the very rare first presentation of HIV, and only four cases reported so far, although venous thromboembolism is very common in chronic cases of HIV. J Microbiol Infect Dis 2018; 8(1):33-36

Key words: HIV, pulmonary embolism, cough, chest pain, tuberculosis


 
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Jha A, Ghoz H, James N. Pulmonary Embolism an Uncommon First Presenting Symptom of an Undiagnosed Case of HIV. J Microbiol Infect Dis. 2018; 8(1): 33-36 . doi:10.5799/jmid.404244

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Jha A, Ghoz H, James N. Pulmonary Embolism an Uncommon First Presenting Symptom of an Undiagnosed Case of HIV. https://www.jmidonline.org/?mno=302657232 [Access: April 21, 2025]. doi:10.5799/jmid.404244

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Jha A, Ghoz H, James N. Pulmonary Embolism an Uncommon First Presenting Symptom of an Undiagnosed Case of HIV. J Microbiol Infect Dis. 2018; 8(1): 33-36 . doi:10.5799/jmid.404244


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Jha A, Ghoz H, James N. Pulmonary Embolism an Uncommon First Presenting Symptom of an Undiagnosed Case of HIV. J Microbiol Infect Dis. (2018), [cited April 21, 2025]; 8(1): 33-36 . doi:10.5799/jmid.404244


Harvard Style

Jha, A., Ghoz, . H. & James, . N. (2018) Pulmonary Embolism an Uncommon First Presenting Symptom of an Undiagnosed Case of HIV. J Microbiol Infect Dis, 8 (1), 33-36 . doi:10.5799/jmid.404244


Turabian Style

Jha, Anil, Hassan Ghoz, and Nicholas James. 2018. Pulmonary Embolism an Uncommon First Presenting Symptom of an Undiagnosed Case of HIV. Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 8 (1), 33-36 . doi:10.5799/jmid.404244


Chicago Style

Jha, Anil, Hassan Ghoz, and Nicholas James. "Pulmonary Embolism an Uncommon First Presenting Symptom of an Undiagnosed Case of HIV." Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 8 (2018), 33-36 . doi:10.5799/jmid.404244


MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Jha, Anil, Hassan Ghoz, and Nicholas James. "Pulmonary Embolism an Uncommon First Presenting Symptom of an Undiagnosed Case of HIV." Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 8.1 (2018), 33-36 . Print. doi:10.5799/jmid.404244


APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Jha, A., Ghoz, . H. & James, . N. (2018) Pulmonary Embolism an Uncommon First Presenting Symptom of an Undiagnosed Case of HIV. Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 8 (1), 33-36 . doi:10.5799/jmid.404244


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