Open AccessA 26-year-old man with dyspnea and chest pain
Author(s) -
Saurabh Mittal,
Akanksha Jain,
Sudheer Arava,
Vijay Hadda,
Anant Mohan,
Randeep Guleria,
Karan Madan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_111_17
Subject(s) - medicine , chest radiograph , pneumothorax , thoracostomy , chest pain , radiology , chest tube , thorax (insect anatomy) , pleurodesis , differential diagnosis , thoracoscopy , lung , video assisted thoracoscopic surgery , lung biopsy , radiography , biopsy , surgery , pathology , anatomy
A 26-year-old smoker male presented with a history of sudden onset dyspnea and right-sided chest pain. Chest radiograph revealed large right-sided pneumothorax which was managed with tube thoracostomy. High-resolution computed tomography thorax revealed multiple lung cysts, and for a definite diagnosis, a video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery-guided lung biopsy was performed followed by pleurodesis. This clinicopathologic conference discusses the clinical and radiological differential diagnoses, utility of lung biopsy, and management options for patients with such a clinical presentation.