• Chest · Nov 2020

    Case Reports

    A 35-Year-Old Man With Recurrent Pneumonia and Whitish Sputum.

    • Sophia Keddache, Frédéric Claudé, Inès Saïzonou, Jean Charles Dalphin, and Thibaud Soumagne.
    • Service de Pneumologie, Oncologie thoracique et allergologie respiratoire, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Besançon, Besançon, France. Electronic address: keddache.sophia@live.fr.
    • Chest. 2020 Nov 1; 158 (5): e229-e232.

    Case PresentationA 35-year-old man was admitted for recurrent episodes of pneumonia. He complained of a 2-month history of exertional dyspnea and productive cough with whitish and viscous sputum which was poorly responsive to antibiotic therapy. He also reported a weight loss of 5 kg since the first symptoms appeared. There was no dysphagia, fever, or chest pain. He currently did not use medication and did not have a relevant medical history except a current 10 pack-year smoking history. He did not report any history of trauma or respiratory exposure to fats.Copyright © 2020 American College of Chest Physicians. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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