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CC BY 4.0 · Aorta (Stamford) 2022; 10(05): 256-258
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1757791
Case Report

Fulminant Herpes Pneumonia Postaortic Surgery with Known Ankylosing Spondylitis

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  • Nicole Asemota 

    1   Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

  • Ikenna David Ike

    1   Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

  • Aung Ye Oo 

    1   Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

  • Ana Lopez-Marco

    1   Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Funding None.
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Abstract

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) pneumonitis is rare after cardiac surgery. A 36-year-old gentleman with ankylosing spondylitis underwent emergency surgery for a complex aortic aneurysmal disease. Preoperative treatment of aortitis with antitumor necrosis factor and steroid medication and surgical stress including cardiopulmonary bypass potentially created an immunosuppressive state and reactivation of undiagnosed HSV. Rapid HSV pneumonia ensued, culminating in fulminant organ failure and mortality. HSV pneumonia should be considered postoperatively in patients with severe respiratory distress, especially if immunocompromised.

Keywords

pneumonia - herpes simplex - postoperative - immunosuppression


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Eingereicht: 13. September 2021

Angenommen: 13. April 2022

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
20. Dezember 2022

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