RESUMEN

A 71-year-old woman admitted to our hospital with complaints of progressive dyspnea on exertion and weight loss. Roentgenological examination demonstrated peripheral pulmonary fibrosis and a mediastinal tumor suggesting thymoma. The pathological findings of transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) confirmed pulmonary fibrosis. Moreover, cytomegalic inclusion bodies in TBLB and a high titer of serum CMV IgG antibody suggested pulmonary CMV infection. It is considered that pulmonary fibrosis and CMV infection were coexistent in this patient.

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Infecciones por Citomegalovirus/complicaciones , Cuerpos de Inclusión Viral , Fibrosis Pulmonar/complicaciones , Anciano , Femenino , Humanos , Neoplasias del Mediastino/complicaciones , Timoma/complicaciones