• Chest · Apr 2021

    Case Reports

    Eosinophilic Pleural Effusion in a Young Woman With Pleural Nodularity and Lytic Skeletal Lesions.

    • Manjit Sharad Tendolkar, Rahul Tyagi, Ritu Mehta, and Ajay Handa.
    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, INHS Asvini, Mumbai, India. Electronic address: tendolkarmanjits@gmail.com.
    • Chest. 2021 Apr 1; 159 (4): e203-e208.

    Case PresentationA 21-year-old woman, a housewife with no known comorbidities, presented to the outpatient department with complaints of dry cough, left-sided pleuritic chest pain, modified Medical Research Council grade II breathlessness and backache. She had started developing these symptoms 1 month earlier. There was no history of fever, hemoptysis, or significant weight loss. She had no features suggestive of connective tissue disorder. There was no history of recurrent respiratory infections in the past. She was married for 1 year and had no children. Her sleep, bowel, and bladder habits were normal. No significant family history or medication history was noted.Copyright © 2020 American College of Chest Physicians. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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