Right Middle Lobe Collapse and Pleural Effusion in an 18-Year-Old Man

Chest. 2017 Aug;152(2):e33-e38. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2017.04.187.

Abstract

An 18-year-old African American male subject presented to an acute care clinic with 3 days of productive cough, chills, pleuritic right chest pain, sore throat with hoarseness, congestion, and intermittent shortness of breath. He recently relocated to Texas from Georgia to undergo basic military training. He denied any other recent travel or contact with persons with pulmonary TB or other respiratory illnesses. His medical history was significant for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and sickle cell trait.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Histoplasma
  • Histoplasmosis / diagnosis*
  • Histoplasmosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / diagnosis*
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Mediastinitis / diagnostic imaging
  • Mediastinitis / microbiology*
  • Pleural Effusion / diagnostic imaging
  • Pleural Effusion / microbiology*
  • Pulmonary Atelectasis / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Atelectasis / microbiology*
  • Sclerosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Sclerosis / microbiology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Supplementary concepts

  • Mediastinal Fibrosis