Cricoid abscess presenting as progressive dyspnea

A 24-year-old man presented with rapidly progressive dyspnea due to mixed aortic stenosis and insufficiency. Unicommissural unicuspid aortic valve, ascending aortic aneurysm, and a bovine arch were identified on computed tomography angiography. Uncomplicated surgical mechanical valve replacement and ascending aortic graft placement improved his symptoms. Aortopathy is common in unicuspid valve patients.

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A young male with progressive dyspnea: Ebstein’s anomaly

Internal and Emergency Medicine ◽

10.1007/s11739-018-2002-z ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 489-490

Author(s):

Edgar Francisco Carrizales-Sepúlveda ◽

Raymundo Vera-Pineda ◽

Ramiro Flores-Ramírez ◽

Alejandro Ordaz-Farías

Keyword(s):

Young Male ◽

Ebstein’S Anomaly ◽

Ebstein's Anomaly ◽

Progressive Dyspnea

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A 40-Year-Old Man With Albinism and Progressive Dyspnea

CHEST Journal ◽

10.1016/j.chest.2018.05.032 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 154 (5) ◽

pp. e143-e146 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Gwen Thompson ◽

Hiroshi Sekiguchi ◽

Dong Chen ◽

Jay H. Ryu

Keyword(s):

Progressive Dyspnea

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Pleuroparenchymal Fibroelastosis: A New Entity within the Spectrum of Rare Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias

Case Reports in Pulmonology ◽

10.1155/2015/810515 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2015 ◽

pp. 1-9 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Karina Portillo ◽

Ignasi Guasch ◽

Caroline Becker ◽

Felipe Andreo ◽

Maria Teresa Fernández-Figueras ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Respiratory Infections ◽

Elastic Fiber ◽

Optimal Management ◽

Rare Entity ◽

European Respiratory Society ◽

Pleuroparenchymal Fibroelastosis ◽

Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias ◽

Recurrent Respiratory Infections ◽

Progressive Dyspnea ◽

Invasive Techniques

Pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (PPFE) is a rare entity that has been recently included in the official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society (ATS/ERS) statement in 2013 as a group of rare idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs). PPFE is characterized by pleural and subpleural parenchymal thickening due to elastic fiber proliferation, mainly in the upper lobes. The etiology of the disease is unclear, although some cases have been associated as a complication after bone marrow transplantation, lung transplantation (LT), chemotherapy, and recurrent respiratory infections. The patients usually report progressive dyspnea and dry cough and are predisposed to develop spontaneous or iatrogenic pneumothoraces after surgical lung biopsy (SLB) for its diagnosis. That is why better awareness with the clinical and radiologic features can help optimal management by the multidisciplinary team. Novel invasive techniques such as cryobiopsy may become useful tools in these patients as it could spare SLB. We present the first reported cases in Spain.

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A hematologic condition expressed as a lung disease

F1000Research ◽

10.12688/f1000research.1-28.v1 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 1 ◽

pp. 28 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mónica Egozcue-Dionisi ◽

José Nieves-Nieves ◽

Ricardo Fernández-Gonzalez ◽

Rosángela Fernández-Medero ◽

Raúl Reyes-Sosa ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Multiple Myeloma ◽

Pleural Effusion ◽

Plasma Cells ◽

Rare Complication ◽

Disease Stage ◽

Fluid Analysis ◽

Progressive Dyspnea ◽

Breath Sounds ◽

The Right ◽

Pleural Involvement

Pleural involvement secondary to Multiple Myeloma is considered a very rare complication. According to the literature only 1% of these patients develop a myelomatous pleural effusion. We present a case of a 39 year old man with multiple myeloma diagnosed six years prior to our evaluation, which developed progressive dyspnea, dry cough and right pleuritic chest pain two weeks prior to admission. On physical examination the patient had decreased breath sounds over the right posterior hemithorax accompanied by dullness to percussion. The chest radiogram was consistent with a right sided pleural effusion. Pleural fluid analysis revealed the presence of abundant abnormal plasma cells. The patient died four weeks after hospitalization. The presence of myelomatous pleural effusion is considered to be a poor prognostic finding, no matter at what disease stage it develops. So far no definite treatment has been shown to improve survival.

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A 20-year-old woman with rapidly progressive dyspnea and diffuse pulmonary infiltrates

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports ◽

10.1016/j.rmedc.2011.10.004 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 5 ◽

pp. 34-36

Author(s):

Ayodeji O. Adegunsoye ◽

Stephen Matchett ◽

Dominic J. Valentino

Keyword(s):

Pulmonary Infiltrates ◽

Progressive Dyspnea

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A Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Pleura Revealed by Hiccups

Case Reports in Medicine ◽

10.1155/2011/574319 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2011 ◽

pp. 1-3 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

A. Chafik ◽

M. Alaoui ◽

A. Benjelloune ◽

Y. Qamouss

Keyword(s):

Solitary Fibrous Tumor ◽

Similar Case ◽

Clinical Presentation ◽

Malignant Potential ◽

Pleural Tumor ◽

Solitary Fibrous Tumors ◽

Progressive Dyspnea ◽

Fibrous Tumor

Solitary fibrous tumors of the pleura are rare and benign primary localized tumors; they possess a malignant potential and thus should be excised. We report a case of a 43-year-old woman, who had suffered for 5 years from right basithoracic pain associated with progressive dyspnea and persistent hiccups during the last 6 months. We have not found any similar case in the literature. Further testing after excision by thoracotomy revealed a solitary fibrous pleural tumor. A brief discussion of the clinical presentation and incidence of these tumors is included.

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