Progressive Dyspnea With Recurrent Pneumothoraces

Kai L Homer; Jake Mandziuk; Alim Hirji; James Barrie; Steven R Meyer; Eric Y L Wong; Lakshmi Puttagunta; Kieran M Halloran

doi:10.1016/j.chest.2021.03.052

Progressive Dyspnea With Recurrent Pneumothoraces

Chest. 2021 Aug;160(2):e209-e215. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.03.052.

Authors

Kai L Homer¹, Jake Mandziuk², Alim Hirji³, James Barrie⁴, Steven R Meyer⁵, Eric Y L Wong³, Lakshmi Puttagunta², Kieran M Halloran³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
⁴ Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
⁵ Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

PMID: 34366047
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.03.052

Abstract

A 34-year-old previously healthy man of Korean descent (height, 174 cm; weight, 47.4 kg) demonstrated dyspnea with cough and chest tightness. The patient had no relevant occupational exposures and no history of illicit drug or tobacco use. His medical history was notable for chronic sinus tachycardia of undetermined cause, hypertension, gout, glaucoma of the right eye, and a remote history of an intracranial malignancy 24 years prior treated with unspecified chemotherapy, craniotomy, and ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement. His active medications included diltiazem, candesartan, and colchicine as needed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Diagnosis, Differential
Diagnostic Imaging
Dyspnea
Humans
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis / diagnosis*
Male
Pleural Diseases / diagnosis*
Pneumothorax