Clinical Case Database / Category: Patient Management
Pleural effusion: a rare but important cause
Publication details
M Connolly
Foundation Years Journal, volume 5, issue 9, p.86 (123Doc Education, London, October 2011)
Abstract
Mr GD, a 77 year old male retired pharmacist, presented to the Ulster Hospital Dundonald with cough and breathlessness of approximately four months' duration. He had previously been well. He was a lifelong non-smoker and had never been exposed to asbestos or tuberculosis. He denied fever, sputum, haemoptysis or weight loss. He had previously been well from a respiratory point of view. His past medical history included hypertension and duodenal ulceration.
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Authors
M Connolly
IC Gleadhill, Respiratory Department,
Ulster Hospital Dundonal
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