Open AccessCase Report: 44-Year-Old Male with Shortness of Breath, Cough, and Weight Loss
Author(s) -
Kelsey Keverline
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
carolina journal of interdisciplinary medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2692-0549
DOI - 10.47265/cjim.v1i1.1460
Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , respiratory system , weight loss , presentation (obstetrics) , intensive care medicine , differential diagnosis , pediatrics , chronic cough , disease , respiratory disease , asthma , surgery , pathology , lung , obesity
Statement of Significance Lower respiratory pathologies exhibit a broad spectrum of clinical courses ranging from self-limited to chronic and from benign to fatal. During the present COVID-19 pandemic, the prompt and proper diagnosis of respiratory disease carries even greater importance. Apart from this patient’s presentation with respiratory symptoms during a respiratory pandemic, he demonstrated several concerning features for severe disease including 20 lbs of weight loss and hemoptysis. This teaching case examine the differential diagnosis, workup, clinical considerations, and management of patients presenting with severe respiratory pathology of unknown etiology.