A 74-Year-Old Man Presenting With Cough, Malaise, and Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy

Anirudh Aron; Khawaja Muddassir; Muthiah P Muthiah; Muhammad K Zaman

doi:10.1016/j.chest.2017.08.023

A 74-Year-Old Man Presenting With Cough, Malaise, and Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy

Chest. 2018 Feb;153(2):e37-e40. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2017.08.023.

Authors

Anirudh Aron¹, Khawaja Muddassir², Muthiah P Muthiah², Muhammad K Zaman²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN. Electronic address: aaron2@uthsc.edu.
² Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN.

PMID: 29406238
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2017.08.023

Abstract

A 74-year-old white male farmer was admitted from his primary care physician's office after he presented with symptoms of cough productive of clear sputum, malaise, weakness, fatigue, and shortness of breath on exertion for 3 weeks. He was an ex-smoker with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and coronary artery bypass graft surgery. He did not report any chills, night sweats, or fevers during this presentation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Cough / diagnosis*
Fatigue / diagnosis*
Humans
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / complications*
Lymphatic Diseases / diagnosis*
Male
Mediastinal Diseases / diagnosis*