A 67-Year-Old Woman With Progressive Dyspnea and Innumerous Pulmonary Nodules. 2021

Hau Chieng, and Biplab Saha, and Ria Itty, and Llewellyn Foulke, and John Fantauzzi, and Thomas C Smith
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY. Electronic address: chiengh@amc.edu.

A 67-year-old woman, who recently immigrated to the United States from Afghanistan, presented to the hospital after sustaining a mechanical fall. She had no significant medical history and was not on any medication routinely. She denied any fever, night sweats, weight loss, shortness of breath, or hemoptysis. The patient had no prior personal history or exposure to TB. Results of a previous purified protein derivative skin test upon immigration were negative.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008168 Lung Either of the pair of organs occupying the cavity of the thorax that effect the aeration of the blood. Lungs
D003031 Coal A natural fuel formed by partial decomposition of vegetable matter under certain environmental conditions. Anthracite,Bituminous Coal,Brown Coal,Lignite,Lignitious Coal,Peat Coal,Soft Coal,Anthracites,Bituminous Coals,Brown Coals,Coal, Bituminous,Coal, Brown,Coal, Lignitious,Coal, Peat,Coal, Soft,Coals,Coals, Bituminous,Coals, Brown,Coals, Lignitious,Coals, Peat,Coals, Soft,Lignites,Lignitious Coals,Peat Coals,Soft Coals
D003937 Diagnosis, Differential Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures. Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D004391 Dust Earth or other matter in fine, dry particles. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed) House Dust,Housedust,Dust, House
D004417 Dyspnea Difficult or labored breathing. Orthopnea,Platypnea,Recumbent Dyspnea,Rest Dyspnea,Trepopnea,Breathlessness,Shortness of Breath,Breath Shortness,Dyspnea, Recumbent,Dyspnea, Rest,Dyspneas, Rest
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000072281 Lymphadenopathy Disease of LYMPH NODES which are abnormal in size, number or consistency. Adenopathy,Adenopathies,Lymphadenopathies
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D001706 Biopsy Removal and pathologic examination of specimens from the living body. Biopsies

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