Case 62-1963
1963; Massachusetts Medical Society; Volume: 269; Issue: 14 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1056/nejm196310032691410
ISSN1533-4406
AutoresJohn H. Knowles, Benjamin Castleman,
Tópico(s)Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases
ResumoPresentation of CaseA fifty-six-year-old plumber was admitted to the hospital because of pain in the chest.The patient had been in good health until twenty-one months previously, when he began to experience right-sided chest pain. Six months later he was told that an x-ray film of the chest was abnormal. Twelve months before admission he entered another hospital because of persistent chest pain accompanied by dyspnea and a cough productive of white sputum. There had been no chills, fever, weight loss or fatigue. A tuberculin skin test (second-strength PPD) was reported as strongly positive, but studies of the sputum . . .
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