A 34-Year-Old Pregnant Woman With Cough, Chest Pain, and a Left Upper Lobe Mass.
A 34-year-old white woman who was 30 weeks' pregnant initially presented to her primary care physician with a cough for which she was given antibiotics, but she had persistent symptoms. These were followed by chest pain, as a result of which she was referred to our department. She had a past medical history of hypertension, and currently was in her sixth pregnancy, with no reported complications in the previous pregnancies. Review of systems was otherwise negative. She had a three-pack-year smoking history, but denied smoking during her current pregnancy.
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TX. Electronic address: sujithvcherian@gmail.com.
Sujith V
SV
Cherian
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TX.
Karunakar
K
Akasapu
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TX.
Anupam
A
Kumar
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TX.
Shakuntala H
SH
Mauzo
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TX.
Meenakshi B
MB
Bhattacharjee
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D018202:Pulmonary Blastoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed