منابع مشابه
Hamman-Rich syndrome
INTRODUCTION Acute interstitial pneumonia is a rare but important diagnosis, associated with a high mortality rate and important to identify early. CASE PRESENTATION A 76 year-old individual presented to hospital with a two-week history of shortness of breath, fevers and a non-productive cough. Treatment initially was for lower respiratory tract infection but returned to hospital three days l...
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In 1935, Hamman and Rich’ of Johns Hopkins first described a syndrome which they had observed in three patients, characterized by a gradual onset of cough, dyspnea, and cyanosis; and in whose lungs pathologic studies revealed a diffuse interstitial fibrosis, involving the interalveolar septa in particular. In the discussion they emphasized that the causative factors and associated findings comm...
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misdiagnosis Jiro Fujita, Masato Tohyama, Shusaku Haranaga, Haley L. Cash, Futoshi Higa, Masao Tateyama Department of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases, Okinawa, Japan. Department of Internal Medicine, Yonabaru Central Hospital, Okinawa, Japan. Correspondence: Jiro Fujita, Department of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine,...
متن کاملAn unusual cause of shortness of breath: hamman syndrome.
A 41-year-old primiparous low-risk woman developed dyspnea and generalized head and neck swelling after a normal delivery of a healthy neonate. A chest x-ray demonstrated surgical emphysema in the neck and a suggestion of pneumomediastinum (arrows, Figure panel A). A computed tomography examination with oral contrast demonstrated surgical emphysema and air in the anterior, middle, and posterior...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: CJEM
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1481-8035,1481-8043
DOI: 10.1017/s1481803500012057