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Indd 30 6/3/14 12:07 PM QUESTION 16 16 A 42-year-old female presented with a dry nonproductive cough and shortness of breath on exertion. She had been feeling generally unwell for a few weeks. On examination, her chest was clear on auscultation and she was apyrexial. Her full blood count showed an iron deficiency anaemia (Hb 92 g/l), but a normal white cell count. Her urea and creatinine were slightly elevated, but otherwise her serum biochemistry was normal. Her chest radiograph (16a) and sections from a subsequent CT are shown (16b, c).
The CT shows the typical features of extensive venous collaterals of the anterior chest wall and hypertrophied internal mammary and superior intercostal veins. Note the SVC stent (arrow). indd 30 6/3/14 12:07 PM QUESTION 16 16 A 42-year-old female presented with a dry nonproductive cough and shortness of breath on exertion. She had been feeling generally unwell for a few weeks. On examination, her chest was clear on auscultation and she was apyrexial. Her full blood count showed an iron deficiency anaemia (Hb 92 g/l), but a normal white cell count.
Free gas may be more difficult to detect with certainty under the left hemidiaphragm or on a supine abdominal radiograph because of coexisting bowel gas. indd 22 6/3/14 12:07 PM QUESTION 12 12 A 63-year-old male presented with a cough and a fever. He had been unwell for 2 weeks and despite antibiotic treatment, was not improving. He was an ex-smoker and was on haemodialysis for renal failure secondary to diabetic nephropathy. On examination he was not clubbed, but was pyrexial and tachycardic. The right base of the chest was dull to percussion with absent breath sounds.
