• Chest · Dec 2020

    Case Reports

    A 22-Year-Old Man With Back Pain, Dilated Veins Over Chest, and Mass in Right Atrium.

    • Shamil Pannivettum Kuni, Nitesh Gupta, Smrithi Krishna Cherath, Abanti Das, Sumita Agrawal, Pranav Ish, Rohit Kumar, and Shibdas Chakrabarti.
    • Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.
    • Chest. 2020 Dec 1; 158 (6): e335-e341.

    Case PresentationA 22-year-old nonsmoker male, without any previous comorbidity, presented with 4 months' history of right upper back pain. Pain was constant dull aching type, nonpleuritic, aggravated by lying on the right lateral side and partially relieved on taking analgesics. He then developed progressive dyspnea over 2 months and noticed dilated veins over his neck and front of chest. There was associated unintentional weight loss of 6 kg. There was no history of cough, expectoration, wheeze, or hemoptysis, nor any episodes of night sweats or fever.Copyright © 2020 American College of Chest Physicians. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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