shortness of breath and lower limb edema in a 54-year-old woman, is there any cure?

Shortness of Breath and Lower Limb Edema in a 54-Year-Old Woman, Is There Any Cure?

INTRODUCTION Pulmonary hypertension is common among patients with hyperthyroidism, and Graves' disease constitutes the most common cause of thyrotoxicosis. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a female patient admitted to the cardiology department with shortness of breath and pretibial myxedema. The diagnostic work-up revealed combined pre- and post-capillary pulmonary hypertension due to ...

A 36-year-old woman with shortness of breath.

A 64-year-old woman with a past medical history of hypertension and diabetes mellitus presented to the emergency department complaining of shortness of breath and right-sided chest pain for one month. Her shortness of breath had gradually worsened to the point where she was feeling short of breath while at rest. She described her chest pain as sharp, worse with deep inspiration, and located nea...

A 54-year-old man with right opaque hemithorax and worsening shortness of breath.

impaired/dull note was appreciated on the right side of the chest. The skin over the right hemithorax was warm and hard to touch. On abdominal examination, there was massive, palpable hepatomegaly which was tender. The remaining examination was unremarkable. Chest X-ray ( fig. 1 ) disclosed an almost complete opacification of the right hemithorax with the mediastinal silhouette being slightly d...

A 24-year-old woman with episodes of shortness of breath, cough and wheezing.

A 4-Year-Old Boy With Shortness of Breath

A 4-year-old boy presented to the general practitioner (GP) with a 24-hour history of progressively worsening shortness of breath (SOB). Over this time period, a productive cough and fever had also developed. The patient had no history of respiratory disease and there were no sick contacts. For the last fortnight, however, his mother reported that he has " not been his usual self " : appearing ...

Schamberg Disease in a 54-Year-Old Chinese Woman

Schamberg disease, also known as Schamberg purpura or progressive pigmentary purpura, is characterized by orange-brown or reddish-brown macules/patches with overlaying purpuric spots simulating “cayenne pepper”. We report a 54-year-old Chinese woman with Schamberg disease presenting with purpuric macules and patches of varying sizes on the ankles, legs, and knees. The lesions were nonblanchable...