28-Year-Old Woman With Rapidly Progressive Shortness of Breath

A 36-year-old woman with shortness of breath.

A 64-year-old woman with a past medical history of hypertension and diabetes mellitus presented to the emergency department complaining of shortness of breath and right-sided chest pain for one month. Her shortness of breath had gradually worsened to the point where she was feeling short of breath while at rest. She described her chest pain as sharp, worse with deep inspiration, and located nea...

A 24-year-old woman with episodes of shortness of breath, cough and wheezing.

A 4-Year-Old Boy With Shortness of Breath

A 4-year-old boy presented to the general practitioner (GP) with a 24-hour history of progressively worsening shortness of breath (SOB). Over this time period, a productive cough and fever had also developed. The patient had no history of respiratory disease and there were no sick contacts. For the last fortnight, however, his mother reported that he has " not been his usual self " : appearing ...

Progressive aphasia with rapidly progressive dementia in a 49 year old woman.

Case presentation This 49 year old woman was referred to the Neurology Department in November 1994. Poor memory and speech diYculty had been present for about 18 months. She noticed an inability to remember the names of common household objects. In addition she complained of forgetting people’s names, and noted that her speech was more hesitant, with a stammer. She could not decide what to choo...

CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL CASE CONFERENCE Progressive aphasia with rapidly progressive dementia in a 49 year old woman

Case presentation This 49 year old woman was referred to the Neurology Department in November 1994. Poor memory and speech diYculty had been present for about 18 months. She noticed an inability to remember the names of common household objects. In addition she complained of forgetting people’s names, and noted that her speech was more hesitant, with a stammer. She could not decide what to choo...