Acute dyspnea in an adolescent girl after physical exertion: a case report and review of the literature.
Dyspnea is a common symptom of cardiac and pulmonary diseases. We present a 15-year-old girl with acute dyspnea, chest pain, cough, and difficulty in swallowing whose initial diagnosis was psychogenic dyspnea. The etiology of acute dyspnea is discussed and reported cases are reviewed in this case report.
Yalçin
Ebru
E
Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Chest Diseases Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Ankara, Turkey. ebruy@hacettepe.edu.tr
Ariyürek
Macit
M
D000293:Adolescent; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008478:Mediastinal Emphysema / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005082:Physical Exertion; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed