• Chest · Sep 2022

    Case Reports

    A 43-Year-Old Woman With Pleuritic Chest Pain, Shortness of Breath, and Weakness of All Extremities.

    • Andrew P Stein, Jordan M Minish, Heather Caulkins, Divya C Patel, and Ali Ataya.
    • Department of Medicine, University of Florida Health, Gainesville, FL.
    • Chest. 2022 Sep 1; 162 (3): e117e121e117-e121.

    AbstractA 43-year-old woman with a medical history of hypothyroidism, psoriasis, and tobacco abuse (30-pack year history) who had quit smoking several months prior to presentation presented with pleuritic chest pain. She also noted a 2-year history of progressive numbness and weakness in her bilateral upper and lower extremities that now prevented her from completing her activities of daily living. She had worsening exertional dyspnea and a subjective 50-lb weight loss over the past year.Copyright © 2022 American College of Chest Physicians. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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