Pulmonology Questions
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Produces the cardiac impression of the left lung
84y/o woman, munitions factory during WWII, abdominal pain, constipation, polyruria, cough, haemoptysis, weight loss, clubbing
28y/o IVDU, intermittent fevers, weight loss, raised JVP, pansystolic murmur @L sternal edge, pulsatile liver, clubbing
52y/o man, dyspnoea, clubbing, cyanosed, dyspnoea at rest, fine late inspiratory crackles bilaterally
71y/o retired electrician, pleuritic chest pain, dyspnoea, clubbing. CT = right pleural effusion, lobar pleural thickening in R mid zone
50y/o COPD lady, sudden SOB, chest pain, tachycardia, tachypnoea, cyanosis, hyperinflated chest, tracheal tug + deviation, reduced chest expansion on R
14y/o girl, nocturnal cough, worse in cold air
Lies superior to the hilum of the left lung
69y/o woman (inpatient), fever, dyspnoea, productive cough, pyrexial, tachycardia, decreased chest expansion, dull to percussion, bronchial breathing
45y/o smoker, weight loss, haemoptysis, clubbed fingers, reduced breath sound in left upper zone. CXR - left upper lobe collapse
Lies superior to the hilum of the right lung
20y/o man, sudden onset SOB, pleuritic chest pain, reduced expansion on one side, hyper-resonance, decreased breath sounds
57y/o man, weight loss, hyponatraemia. CXR = paratracheal lymphadenopathy
Normalising PCO2 in a patient having an asthma exacerbation may indicate:
30y/o man, AIDS, fever, dry cough, dyspnoea. CXR = diffuse bilateral alveolar and interstitial shadowing, starting in peri-hilar region and spreading outwards. Cause?
20y/o man, IVDU, breathlessness, cough. CXR = patchy areas of consolidation, abscess formation. Cause?`
12y/o boy, CF patient, chest infection + mild renal failure. Treatment?
Pet shop owner, high swinging fever, cough, malaise, scanty rose spots on abdo. CXR = diffuse pneumonia. Cause?
Breast cancer patient, reduced chest expansion on one side, trachae deviated to the other side
Erythema nodosum, lymphadenopathy, lung fibrosis