Clinical Case Database / Category: Patient Management
The unilateral white lung
Publication details
Ashis Banerjee MS, FRCS Eng, FRCS Ed, FCEM, DTM & H, Sandip Mandal MD, MRCP, Arshad Ali Khan FRCS
Foundation Years Journal, volume 3, issue 6, p.50 (123Doc Education, London, July 2009)
Abstract
An 80-year-old woman had been previously diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer. She attended the emergency department 14 months after the initial diagnosis, with increased shortness of breath, lethargy, reduced appetite and generalised weakness. She had a past medical history of type 2 diabetes mellitus, currently requiring insulin, hypertension and ischaemic heart disease.
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Authors
Ashis Banerjee MS, FRCS Eng, FRCS Ed, FCEM, DTM & H
Consultant/honorary senior lecturer in emergency medicine
Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust
Honorary senior visiting fellow, University of Hertfordshire
Sandip Mandal MD, MRCP
Specialty doctor, emergency medicine, Chase Farm Hospital, Enfield
Arshad Ali Khan FRCS
Specialty doctor, emergency medicine, Chase Farm Hospital, Enfield
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