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1 January 2008

“Crack Lung and Heart” Presenting after Chemotherapy in a 65-Year-Old Man with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

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Department of Medicine, Division of Respirology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, USA
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Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, USA
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Curr. Oncol.2008, 15(1), 63-65;https://doi.org/10.3747/co.2008.202
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Crack cocaine can cause a variety of pulmonary and cardiac complications. Pulmonary findings in a 65- year-old man with non-Hodgkin lymphoma who presented with shortness of breath not resolving with antibiotics are presented here. The usual manifestation of “crack lung” in an unusual clinical circumstance underlines the importance of a clinical history in such cases. The finding of “crack lung” preceded the diagnosis of probable “crack heart.” No other similar published case reports could be identified in the literature.

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