73-Year-Old Woman With 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 ...

Shortness of Breath and Lower Limb Edema in a 54-Year-Old Woman, Is There Any Cure?

INTRODUCTION Pulmonary hypertension is common among patients with hyperthyroidism, and Graves' disease constitutes the most common cause of thyrotoxicosis. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a female patient admitted to the cardiology department with shortness of breath and pretibial myxedema. The diagnostic work-up revealed combined pre- and post-capillary pulmonary hypertension due to ...

A 16-Year-Old Boy with Acute Chest Pain and Shortness of Breath.