[PAGID] CVID and pulmonary hemorrhage

[Lisa Kobrynski, MD, MPH]

Are you talking about parenchymal hemorrhage like in pulmonary hemosiderosis or
hemoptysis?

Invasive aspergillus can cause hemoptysis due to erosion of pulmonary vessels
from contiguous spread.  Parenchymal hemorrahge can occur with leptospiral
infections.  More controversial would be stachybotris "infection".
In a CVID patient one should also consider inflammatory/autoimmune causes such
as in Goodpasture's.
 

Lisa Kobrynski, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Allergy and Immunology
Emory University
404-727-3575
404-727-5045 (fax)


Quoting James_N_Moy at rush.edu:


> Is pulmonary hemorrhage a frequent finding in patients with CVID?  Is 

> there an infectious etiology for the pulmonary hemorrhage in the CVID 

> patients?  What are the options for treatment?

> 

> James N. Moy, M.D.

> Section of Allergy/Immunology

> Department of Immunology/Microbiology

> Rush University Medical Center