Posts Tagged ‘dyspnea’

Pulmonary Thrombotic Microangiopathy

Posted by Graham McMahon • January 6th, 2012

In our latest Clinical Problem-Solving article, a 50-year-old woman presented with fatigue and shortness of breath. Dyspnea after moderate exertion had developed gradually, along with profound malaise and a nonproductive cough. In the 48 hours before admission, her shortness of breath had worsened.     The clinicopathological syndrome of subacute cor pulmonale caused by tumor microemboli to… Read More…

Microcytosis

Posted by Graham McMahon • August 19th, 2011

In the latest Case Record of the Massachusetts General Hospital, a 62-year-old woman presented with dyspnea, anemia, and paraspinal masses. Examination revealed splenomegaly. Laboratory studies revealed microcytic anemia. A diagnostic test result was received. A common feature of all thalassemias is that clinical symptoms arise less from the deficit in hemoglobin production than from the accumulation… Read More…

Constrictive Bronchiolitis

Posted by Daniela Lamas • July 20th, 2011

A soldier returns from deployment in Iraq. A non-smoker without a history of asthma or other lung disease, he begins to notice that he’s no longer able to complete the army exercise regimen without becoming short of breath. The onset is insidious, but the impairment real: he isn’t even able to meet the fitness standard… Read More…

Test Your Diagnostic Skills

Posted by Karen Buckley • December 16th, 2010

Learn interactively, get immediate feedback, and compare your performance with that of others when you try our latest Interactive Medical Case, “A Crazy Cause of Dyspnea”. An 18-year-old black woman presented with fever, ear pain, and dull discomfort on the right side of the chest that was unchanged with movement or inspiration. She had no… Read More…