A 48-Year-Old Previously Healthy Man Presenting with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), Negative Tests for SARS-CoV-2, and Positive Serology for Parainfluenza Virus Type 3 (PIV-3)

Ryuichiro Kakizaki; Ryutaro Tojo; Naofumi Bunya; Hirotoshi Mizuno; Shuji Uemura; Eichi Narimatsu

doi:10.12659/AJCR.934362

06 January 2022 : Case report Japan

A 48-Year-Old Previously Healthy Man Presenting with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), Negative Tests for SARS-CoV-2, and Positive Serology for Parainfluenza Virus Type 3 (PIV-3)

Challenging differential diagnosis, Rare disease

Ryuichiro Kakizaki

^1ABDEF*, Ryutaro Tojo^1AB, Naofumi Bunya

^1BD, Hirotoshi Mizuno^1BD, Shuji Uemura^1D, Eichi Narimatsu^1DE

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.934362

Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e934362

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Figure 3. Chest computed tomography. (A) On day 9, the patient had hemorrhagic shock due to bilateral hemopneumothorax. Thoracic drainage and a partial lung resection were performed. (B) On day 37, the secondary refractory pneumothorax disappeared (red arrows). (C) On day 52, the left lung hematoma shrank (yellow arrow) and the ground-glass opacity improved (arrow heads). (D) On day 65, the ground-glass opacity almost disappeared (arrow heads).

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A 48-Year-Old Previously Healthy Man Presenting with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), Negative Tests for SARS-CoV-2, and Positive Serology for Parainfluenza Virus Type 3 (PIV-3)

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