Pulmonary Disorders

A 60-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with blunt thoracic trauma after a head-on motor vehicle accident.

A 56-year-old woman presented to the pulmonary clinic after hospital discharge for a severe exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In the last 12 months, she has presented to the hospital...

A 73-year-old woman presented to a primary care office with a 1-week history of cough. Her cough was nonproductive and not associated with any sinonasal congestion or postnasal drainage. 

Post-intubation tracheal stenosis (PITS) is a rare but well-known complication of prolonged mechanical ventilation. Tracheal ischemia caused by prolonged endotracheal intubation is thought to be the primary...

A 13-year-old boy presented to our pediatric emergency department with acute onset of right testicular pain, which had started approximately 4 hours prior to arrival.

The family of an 88-year-old man brought him to the office out of concern for changes in his status.

This article collects 3 photo-based case reports about conditions affecting the lungs, including large pulmonary embolus with unilateral hyperlucent lung, atelectasis, and Streptococcus pneumoniae...

A previously healthy 24-year-old man was working at his job as an automechanic when he acutely developed pleuritic chest pain on the right side and dyspnea. The pain was initially sharp and prompted him to...