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A 56-Year-Old, Otherwise Healthy Woman Presenting With Light-headedness and Progressive Shortness of Breath
- Source :
- Chest. 150:e23-e27
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2016.
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Abstract
- A 56-year-old white woman was referred to the pulmonary clinic for evaluation of unexplained shortness of breath. She enjoyed good health until 3 months prior to this visit when she reported experiencing recurrent episodes of shortness of breath and oppressive retrosternal chest discomfort with radiation to the neck. Episodes lasting 5 to 10 min often occurred at rest and were inconsistently related to physical activity. These symptoms became progressively worse and were often associated with light-headedness and presyncope. Her past medical history was uneventful apart from a prior diagnosis of breast cysts and suspected prolactinoma. Her symptoms escalated to such a level that she was forced to seek urgent medical attention at our institutional ED on two separate occasions in the preceding weeks. These visits precipitated a number of investigations and, eventually, a referral to the pulmonary clinic.
- Subjects :
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Light-headedness
Lightheadedness
Referral
Psychological Techniques
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
Dizziness
Breast cysts
Diagnosis, Differential
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Quality of life
medicine
Humans
Hyperventilation
030212 general & internal medicine
Prolactinoma
Presyncope
Past medical history
business.industry
Yoga
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Respiratory Function Tests
Dyspnea
Treatment Outcome
030228 respiratory system
Echocardiography
Quality of Life
Physical therapy
Female
medicine.symptom
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00123692
- Volume :
- 150
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Chest
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2e0de71a197a1a81785382df9952c90e