Respiratory Diagnosis Cases

Respiratory cases

Each case starts with a short patient presentation. Reveal one clue at a time, make your diagnosis and read the explanation.

1. Case #104 - A tall, slim 22-year-old man who smokes has had sudden pain on one side of his chest for 3 hours.
2. Case #105 - A 58-year-old woman developed sudden breathlessness this morning.
3. Case #106 - A 29-year-old woman has had painful, swollen ankles and fatigue for 3 weeks.
4. Case #131 - A 19-year-old woman has had a dry cough that wakes her at night for 2 months.
5. Case #132 - A 63-year-old man has had a morning cough with sputum for several years and now gets breathless on stairs.
6. Case #133 - A 34-year-old man has had 3 days of fever, shaking chills and a cough.
7. Case #134 - A 66-year-old man with a 40-pack-year smoking history has had a persistent cough for 3 months.
8. Case #135 - A 45-year-old woman has had a daily cough for many years since a severe chest infection in childhood.
9. Case #136 - A 68-year-old man has had 18 months of slowly worsening breathlessness and a dry cough.
10. Case #137 - A 41-year-old farmer has episodes of fever, chills, cough and breathlessness.
11. Case #138 - A 70-year-old retired man has had 2 months of breathlessness and a dull ache in the right chest.
12. Case #139 - A 24-year-old man has had a chronic productive cough since adolescence and was thin as a child.
13. Case #140 - A 32-year-old woman has had 8 months of increasing tiredness and breathlessness on exertion.

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