QJM Advance Access originally published online on July 22, 2008
QJM 2008 101(10):799-800; doi:10.1093/qjmed/hcn083
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A worsening dyspnea
From the 1Department of Internal Medicine and 2Respiratory Division, Livorno Hospital, 57100 Livorno, Italy
Address correspondence to Nicola Mumoli, Department of Internal Medicine, Livorno Hospital, viale Alfieri 36, 57100 Livorno, Italy. email: nimumoli@tiscali.it
Received 13 June 2008 and in revised form 22 June 2008
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A 52-year-old postmenopausal woman presented because of a progressive dyspnea, non-productive cough and right side chest pain that worsened with deep inspiration.
She had a history of breast carcinoma 2 years earlier and subsequent left segmental mastectomy, axillary dissection, adjuvant chemotherapy