The missing piece

Article Abstract:

A case study of a 21-year-old man admitted to emergency department after a 2-day history of increasing pain in the right lower quadrant unrelated to bowel movements and a cough productive of scanty yellow sputum for a month is presented. The patient's striking peripheral-blood eosinophilia proved to be the sentinel clue, pointing to a parasitic infection with gastrointestinal and pulmonary involvement as the likely diagnosis and specific diagnostic tests were obtained to verify d as the causative agent.

Lung diseases, Gastrointestinal diseases, Parasitic diseases, Case study

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A perfect storm

Article Abstract:

Details about the different patients health are presented to a physicians who responds to it with clinical explanations. The patients are undergoing various physical examinations for the diagnosis of different diseases. Some of the diseases mentioned are alveolar hypoventilation, pulmonay hypertension, rigid spine syndrome, hypoxemia.

United Kingdom, Care and treatment, Diagnosis, Hypoxia, Pulmonary hypertension, Anoxemia, Hypoventilation

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Anatomy of a diagnosis

Article Abstract:

A 33-year-old man who began coughing up large amounts of blood was found to have a fistula between his aorta and lung at the site of surgery he had for coarctation of the aorta as a child. A fistula is an abnormal connection between two organs that are not normally connected. A fistula between the aorta and lungs can be fatal.

Complications and side effects, Fistula, Fistulas, Heart surgery, Aortic coarctation

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