A 31-Year-Old Man With Fever, Atypical Chest Pain, and Mediastinal Mass. Chest 2022 May;161(5):e299-e304
Date
05/09/2022Pubmed ID
35526900DOI
10.1016/j.chest.2021.12.644Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85129999240 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)Abstract
A 31-year-old Asian male never-smoker living in the upper Midwest with a past medical history of congenital bilateral hearing loss sought treatment with a 1-week history of fever, fatigue, right-sided pleuritic chest pain, shortness of breath, productive cough with mild intermittent hemoptysis, night sweats, and unintentional 10-lb weight loss over 4 weeks. He was adopted from South Korea as an infant, and thus the family history was unknown. He worked in the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning business, performing installations and repairs. There was no known exposure to animals, caves, rivers, lakes, or wooded areas. He travelled to South Korea and New Hampshire approximately 9 months previously. He did not take any medication.
Author List
Singh H, Benn BS, Jani CT, Abdalla M, Fredeen TS, Kurman JSAuthor
Jonathan S. Kurman MD Assistant Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Chest PainCough
Diagnosis, Differential
Dyspnea
Fever
Humans
Male
Mediastinal Diseases
