A 32-Year-Old Man With Dyspnea and Stridor

Le Hoan; Le Minh Hang; Le Tuan Linh; Thieu Tra My; Tran Ngoc Minh; Pham Thuan Manh; Nguyen Ngoc Cuong

doi:10.1016/j.chest.2021.09.028

A 32-Year-Old Man With Dyspnea and Stridor

Chest. 2022 Mar;161(3):e153-e157. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.09.028.

Authors

Le Hoan¹, Le Minh Hang¹, Le Tuan Linh², Thieu Tra My², Tran Ngoc Minh³, Pham Thuan Manh³, Nguyen Ngoc Cuong⁴

Affiliations

¹ Respiratory Medicine Department, Hanoi Medical University Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam.
² Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology Center, Hanoi Medical University Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam.
³ Pathology Department, Hanoi Medical University Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam.
⁴ Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology Center, Hanoi Medical University Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 35256089
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.09.028

Abstract

A 32-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of dyspnea on exertion for 2 months. Dyspnea occurred in both inspiration and expiration with an associated wheeze that was more pronounced with exertion. He had no other medical history or allergies. The patient was a current one-pack-a-day smoker for the past 5 years. He denied any close personal contact or recent exposure to any patients with active TB. He denied any current symptoms of chest pain, cough, fever, or changes in weight. On a prior admission for similar symptoms, the patient had been diagnosed with asthma and treated with an inhaled corticosteroid/long-acting beta-agonist with no change or improvement in symptoms.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Chest Pain / etiology
Cough / etiology
Diagnosis, Differential
Dyspnea* / diagnosis
Dyspnea* / etiology
Humans
Male
Respiratory Sounds* / diagnosis
Respiratory Sounds* / etiology