Clinico-pathological conference (CPC) : a previously healthy patient with respiratory insuficiency due to intersticial pneumonia

ABSTRACT: We present the case of a 40-year-old woman, with no remarkable past medical history, who was admitted to San Vicente Foundation University Hospital, in Medellín, Colombia; she complained of respiratory symptoms lasting 20 days. Interstitial pneumonia associated with AIDS was diagnosed, which progressed to respiratory failure that did not respond to therapy directed against the opportunistic infections that were identified. She finally developed multiorgan failure that caused death.RESUMEN: Se presenta y discute el caso de una mujer de 40 años, sin antecedentes relevantes, quien ingresó al hospital Universitario San Vicente Fundación, por presentar síntomas respiratorios durante 20 días. Se diagnosticó sida de novo y neumonía intersticial asociada, todo lo cual progresó hasta la falla ventilatoria, que fue refractaria al tratamiento dirigido hacia los oportunistas identificados, debido a lo cual se produjo una falla orgánica múltiple que causó la muerte