title: Radiology case of the month. 55-year-old female with shortness of breath and cough.
abstract: A 55-year-old African-American woman presents with progressive shortness of breath, non-productive cough, and muscle aches for two weeks. Her medical history is non-contributory. She is a current smoker with a 20-year history of smoking one pack per day. Vital signs and oxygen saturation are normal. Physical exam reveals crackles over the right middle lobe of her lung. The remainder of her physical exam is unremarkable. Blood tests demonstrate a mild leukocytosis.
authors.affiliation: Tulane School of Medicine in New Orleans.
authors.forename: Arielle
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.affiliation: Tulane University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Manning
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology at Tulane University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans.
authors.forename: Harold
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Neitzschman
mesh_terms: D003371:Cough / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007964:Leukocytosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*