medical image of the week: headcheese sign

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2018
No abstract available. Article truncated at 150 words. A 95-year-old woman with a past medical history of breast cancer and mastectomy presented with fevers, cough productive of sputum and progressive dyspnea for 2 weeks. She denies any recent travel or sick contacts but has bird at home since last 10 years. She was afebrile but tachypneic with respiratory rate of 25 and sPO2 of 86% on room air. Her initial chest examination reveals coarse rhonchi in both lungs. Labs were significant for a sodium of 118 mEq/L, leukocytosis to 18,000 cells/mcL without peripheral eosinophilia. Arterial blood gas showed pO2 of 55 mm Hg, pCO2 of 48 mm Hg and pH of 7.44. An initial chest X-ray was positive for extensive bilateral pulmonary infiltrates predominantly in the mid and lower lungs with areas of airspace consolidation. Her urine Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen was negative as well as rapid influenza and a respiratory syncytial virus panel. The high resolution thoracic CT …
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Authors ;Adial A ;Arshed D ;Sanso L ;Iftikhar A
Journal journal of photochemistry and photobiology b: biology
Year 2018
DOI 10.13175/swjpcc040-18
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http://www.swjpcc.com/imaging/2018/4/4/medical-image-of-the-week-headcheese-sign.html
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