Abstract
A 51-year-old White male never-smoker presented with intermittent cough and progressive dyspnea. His symptoms started after an exposure to bat guano while cleaning his attic approximately 9 months earlier. He has received several courses of antibiotic and corticosteroid for these symptoms, with short-term relief.
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MeSH terms
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Cough / physiopathology
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Cytoreduction Surgical Procedures
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Decompression, Surgical
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Disease Progression
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Dyspnea / physiopathology
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Forced Expiratory Volume
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Fractures, Compression / diagnostic imaging
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Fractures, Compression / etiology
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Fractures, Compression / surgery
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Hodgkin Disease / complications
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Hodgkin Disease / diagnosis*
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Hodgkin Disease / pathology
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Hodgkin Disease / physiopathology
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Humans
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Male
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Mediastinal Neoplasms / complications
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Mediastinal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
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Mediastinal Neoplasms / pathology
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Mediastinal Neoplasms / physiopathology
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Mediastinitis / complications
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Mediastinitis / diagnosis*
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Mediastinitis / drug therapy
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Mediastinitis / physiopathology
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Middle Aged
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Prednisone / therapeutic use
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Rituximab / therapeutic use
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Spinal Fractures / diagnostic imaging
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Spinal Fractures / etiology
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Spinal Fractures / surgery
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Thoracic Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
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Thoracic Vertebrae / surgery
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Vital Capacity