A hypogammaglobulinaemic man with respiratory failure.

A hypogammaglobulinaemic man with respiratory failure.

An unexpected finding in a man with multiple pulmonary nodules, a pleural effusion and respiratory failure

We report the case of a 47-year old Caucasian man with a history of depression and high alcohol intake who presented with a one-month history of weight loss, dry cough and abdominal pain. He had no smoking history of note. The patient was treated for a suspected chest infection, however developed respiratory failure and was intubated. A CT showed multiple pulmonary nodules, left pleural thicken...

A 49-Year-Old Man with Subacute Respiratory Failure and Interstitial Lung Opacities

BACKGROUND Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) results from proliferative vasculopathy involving all layers of the blood vessel. Similar findings may be present in pulmonary hypertension (PH) associated with microscopic tumor embolism, which are thought to be related to the phenomenon of pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy (PTTM). PTTM is associated with the activation of the coagulati...

A 39-year-old man with hip pain and respiratory failure.

A 39-year-old man presented with progressive shortness of breath and a 1-day history of decreased urine output. He had a history of mild COPD for which he occasionally used albuterol inhalers. Over the prior 3 months, however, he had developed gradually increasing dyspnea and was using his inhalers several times a day with little relief. He also described 3 months of progressive lower extremity...

An Elderly Man with Fatal Respiratory Failure after Eating a Poisonous Mushroom Podostroma cornu-damae

A 73-year-old, previously healthy man presented with nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, dry mouth and febrile sensation 3 hours after eating boiled wild mushrooms. After admission, he showed progressive severe respiratory distress, pancytopenia, azotemia, hypotension, hypoxemia and consolidation of the entire left lung on chest radiography. With a preliminary diagnosis of necrotizing pneumonia, he und...