Right Middle Lobe Collapse and Pleural Effusion in an 18-Year-Old Man

An 18-year-old African American male subject presented to an acute care clinic with 3 days of productive cough, chills, pleuritic right chest pain, sore throat with hoarseness, congestion, and intermittent shortness of breath. He recently relocated to Texas from Georgia to undergo basic military tra...

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Published inChest Vol. 152; no. 2; p. e33
Main Authors Patterson, Joshua, Graham, David, George, Alan, Will, Micah, Sutter, Deena
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.08.2017
Subjects
Adolescent
Histoplasma
Histoplasmosis - diagnosis
Histoplasmosis - diagnostic imaging
Humans
Lung Diseases, Fungal - diagnosis
Lung Diseases, Fungal - diagnostic imaging
Male
Mediastinitis - diagnostic imaging
Mediastinitis - microbiology
Pleural Effusion - diagnostic imaging
Pleural Effusion - microbiology
Pulmonary Atelectasis - diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Atelectasis - microbiology
Sclerosis - diagnostic imaging
Sclerosis - microbiology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:An 18-year-old African American male subject presented to an acute care clinic with 3 days of productive cough, chills, pleuritic right chest pain, sore throat with hoarseness, congestion, and intermittent shortness of breath. He recently relocated to Texas from Georgia to undergo basic military training. He denied any other recent travel or contact with persons with pulmonary TB or other respiratory illnesses. His medical history was significant for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and sickle cell trait.
ISSN:1931-3543
DOI:10.1016/j.chest.2017.04.187