A 27-Year-Old Man With Intermittent Chest Pain During the Last 4 Years

Autor: Athina Kallimani, Kalliopi Athanassiadi, Athina Argyropoulou, Konstantina Dede, Apostolos Pappas, Zoi Psaroudaki, Ioannis Kalomenidis
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Chest. 159(4)
ISSN: 1931-3543
Popis: Case Presentation A 27-year-old man from Eritrea presented to the ED complaining about a progressively worse blunt chest pain in the anterior right hemithorax. Chest pain started 4 years ago and was intermittent. During the last 6 months, symptoms got worse, and the patient experienced shortness of breath in mild exercise. For this purpose, he visited another institution, where a chest radiograph was performed ( Fig 1 ). He was advised to visit a pulmonologist for further evaluation, with the diagnosis of a loculated pleural effusion in the right upper hemithorax.
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