63-Year-Old Woman With Generalized Fatigue and Left Flank Pain

Breast tumor in 63-year old woman.

Received Accepted Med Ultrason 2010, Vol. 12, No 2, 167-168 Address for correspondence: Anca Ciurea Radiology Departament, Emergency County Hospital, Str Clinicilor Nr 1-3, 400006, Cluj-Napoca, Romania E-mail: [email protected] Clinical case: Female patient, 63-years old, was referred to our department for a slow growing tumor in her right breast. The tumor was discovered by the patient ap...

A Twenty-Four-Year-Old Woman with Left Flank Lipoma-Like Hibernoma

A 24-year-old woman presented with a 5-month history of a left flank mass that was painful on palpation. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a 10.0 × 6.0 × 2.5 cm mass consistent with lipoma. A fatty lobulated mass was excised and subjected to H&E staining and immunohistochemical analyses. The specimen consisted of mature univacuolated adipocytic cells, with intermixed multivacuolated eosinophi...

Pneumomediastinum in a 63-year-old woman with asthma exacerbation.

(CHEST 2000; 117:1778–1781) A 63-year-old woman with asthma presented with a 1-week history of increasing dyspnea, wheezing, and a productive cough. The patient stated that her grandchild was sick at home with otitis media and sore throat. The patient had a 20-pack-year history of cigarette smoking but had stopped smoking 10 years ago. Her history was significant for systemic lupus erythematosu...

49-year-old woman with chest pain.

A 20-year-old woman with fatigue and palpitations.

A 20-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with fatigue and the sudden onset of palpitations. She reports no history of significant illness or surgery. She says she is not currently taking prescription or over-the-counter medications. She does not smoke, drink alcohol, or use illicit drugs. Her weight is 52 kg (115 lb), her height is 170 cm (67 in), and her body mass index (BMI) i...