Postpulmonary infarction syndrome: Case report

Three patients have been previously described who developed persistent fever, chest pain, and pleural effusion after pulmonary thromboembolism with infarction. Each responded dramatically to corticosteroid therapy similar to the response of patients with Dressler syndrome. A fourth patient is now described who developed persistent fever, chest pain, and pleural effusion following pulmonary thromboembolism, and who responded immediately to corticosteroid therapy, thereby lending further credence to the existence of a newly described clinical entity - the postpulmonary infarction syndrome.