title: A 57-Year-Old Man With Insidious Dyspnea and Nonpleuritic Chest and Back Pain.
abstract: A 57-year-old man with a history of DVT and pulmonary embolism, transient ischemic attacks, prior 60 pack-year smoking history, and oxygen-dependent COPD presented with insidiously worsening dyspnea associated with new pleuritic chest and back pain.
authors: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors: Kenta
authors: K
authors: Nakamura
authors: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors: George A
authors: GA
authors: Alba
authors: Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors: Jonathan A
authors: JA
authors: Scheske
authors: Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors: Nandini M
authors: NM
authors: Meyersohn
authors: Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors: James R
authors: JR
authors: Stone
authors: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors: Gus J
authors: GJ
authors: Vlahakes
authors: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors: Cameron D
authors: CD
authors: Wright
authors: Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors: Brian B
authors: BB
authors: Ghoshhajra
authors: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Electronic address: ddudzinski@mgh.harvard.edu.
authors: David M
authors: DM
authors: Dudzinski
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000150:complications; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed