Year: 2010
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: A 54-year-old woman presented with a 2 day history of fever and productive cough.Her past was remarkable for a diagnosis of dextrocardia identified at the age of 18 years, diabetes mellitus for 11 years and hypertension for 5 years.There was no history suggestive of recurrent rhino-sinusitis or respiratory tract infection.She had 3 children.Clinical examination was unremarkable.However, the current 2009 influenza pandemic and her high risk state prompted us to request a chest x-ray (Picture 1) which showed dextrocardia and cystic lesions in the left upper and mid-zone.CT-Thorax (Picture 2 and 3) and CT-abdomen (Picture 4) showed Bronchiectasis of the left upper lobe, dextrocardia
Source: Internal Medicine
Language: English
Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2007883199