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Robert L. Becker, MD; Louis V. Avioli, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1977;137(2):221-225.

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Wesley Murfin, MD, Assistant in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Jewish Hospital of St Louis, Washington University School of Medicine: A 20-year-old white female subject was in good health until September of this year. On Aug 24, 1975, she was delivered of a normal 3.15-kg baby vaginally, following an entirely normal pregnancy, and apparently normal immediate postpartum course. On Sept 4, ten days following delivery, she was seen in a hospital in Illinois complaining of the abrupt onset of pleuritic left-sided chest pain. A chest film initially showed nodular infiltrates in the upper lobe of the left lung. She was hospitalized and a second chest x-ray film several days later evidenced progression of the nodular infiltrates throughout both lung fields and a small left pleural effusion. Perfusion scan was normal. Results of sputum cultures, purified protein derivative (PPD), fungal skin tests, VDRL, and a "collagen vascular disease" screen were all unremarkable . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Medicine, Jewish Hospital of St Louis, and Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Aug 26, 1976.

Reprint requests to Department of Medicine, Jewish Hospital of St Louis, 216 S Kingshighway, St Louis, MO 63110 (Dr Avioli).

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