title: Case 2-2016. An 84-Year-Old Woman with Chest Pain, Dyspnea, and a Rash.
abstract: An 84-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of chest pain, respiratory distress, and a purpuric rash. Initial chest imaging showed bilateral patchy and confluent opacities, a finding consistent with pulmonary edema. A diagnostic procedure was performed.
authors.forename: Ellen K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Roh
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: Michael T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Scott H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Bradshaw
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology*; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D005076:Exanthema / Q000209:etiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D000075363:Immunoglobulin Light-chain Amyloidosis; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011693:Purpura / Q000209:etiology*; D055665:Purpura Fulminans / Q000175:diagnosis; D011859:Radiography; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*