Adenocarcinoma of the lung presenting with massive subcutaneous emphysema
| Autor: | Mashrafi Ahmed, Tahmina Begum |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Lung Neoplasms Adenocarcinoma Article Diagnosis Differential Medicine Humans Lung COPD business.industry General surgery Primary care physician General Medicine Emergency department Middle Aged medicine.disease Subcutaneous Emphysema Radiography Sting medicine.anatomical_structure Female medicine.symptom Differential diagnosis business Choking Subcutaneous emphysema |
| Zdroj: | BMJ case reports. 2015 |
| ISSN: | 1757-790X |
| Popis: | A 47-year-old woman presented to the emergency department (ED) with severe shortness of breath with a choking sensation for the past 4 h. In the early morning, she had called her primary care physician with mild shortness of breath and was advised to take an albuterol inhaler for her chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Despite following the general practitioner's advice, her condition worsened with development of facial and neck swelling. She did not have any history of bee sting or consumption or contact with any allergic substance. On arrival at the ED, she displayed significant swelling (figure … |
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