An interesting case of recurrent shortness of breath and pleuritic chest pain. Issue 2 (June 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Price, Kathryn; Hall, Jocelin; Nicou, Niki; Hardavella, Georgia
• Is Part Of: Breathe. Volume 14:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 123
• Page End: 130
• Publication Date: 2018-06
• Subjects: Respiratory organs -- Diseases; Respiratory organs -- Diseases -- Treatment; Periodicals; 616.2005
• DOI: 10.1183/20734735.012118
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1810-6838

Abstract

A 58-year-old male presented to the emergency department in August 2015 with sudden-onset shortness of breath associated with sharp right-sided pleuritic chest pain. His only past medical history was of hypertension. Prior to this presentation he had been clinically well and was fully independent. He was a smoker with a 40 pack-year history. He did not drink alcohol and had no recent travel history. Can you diagnose this case of a 58-year-old male with sudden-onset shortness of breath associated with sharp right-sided pleuritic chest pain? http://ow.ly/HLmk30j4DEH