Chest
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A 29-year-old man with no significant medical history presented to the ED with a 4-week history of chest pain. The pain was insidious, located on the right side of the chest, increased by deep breathing, and incompletely alleviated by acetaminophen. ⋯ He denied any recent fevers, chills, dyspnea, cough, night sweats, hemoptysis, or history of trauma but had lost at least 8 kg in the past 6 months. The patient was from Morocco and had lived in France for 1 year.
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There is limited information about survival of stage I lung cancer diagnosed by screening. ⋯ Long-term lung cancer-specific survival of stage I lung cancer was greater with low-dose CT imaging than with CXR screening or in the general population, for smaller primary tumor size, and with surgical treatment.
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A 47-year-old Hispanic woman presented to a pulmonology clinic with 2 weeks of cough productive of white sputum and worsening dyspnea on exertion, requiring increasing supplemental oxygen. In addition, she reported fatigue, night sweats, diffuse myalgias, and extremity weakness. She denied hemoptysis, fevers, chills, weight loss, or rash. ⋯ Elevated CK at that time was attributed to compartment syndrome before amputation. The patient recovered clinically with supportive care and was ultimately discharged on 2 L supplemental oxygen, with a diagnosis of acute respiratory failure of unclear origin. The patient had stability in her clinical symptoms until this current presentation.