Thoracic Key

Teratoma Presentation A 32-year-old woman is referred to you by her primary care physician with complaints of chest discomfort for the past 2 weeks. She is otherwise a healthy, nonsmoking…

Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation Presentation A 22-year-old woman is admitted through the emergency department with an episode of severe upper gastrointestinal bleeding. The patient has a known history of cavernous…

Pancoast’s Tumor Presentation A 59-year-old man is referred to your office with right shoulder pain. Past medical history is significant for dyspnea on moderate exertion (two flights of stairs) and…

Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma Presentation A 40-year-old man with no significant past medical history is referred by a primary medical physician for evaluation of an abnormal chest x-ray finding. The patient reports…

Pulmonary Function Test Presentation A 73-year-old man is referred to your office because of an incidental finding on a chest x-ray. The patient denies cough, fever, chills, weight loss, and…

Pericardial Cyst Presentation A 77-year-old man with a past medical history significant for hypertension presents to his primary care physician with complaints of left-sided chest pain. The patient denies cough,…

Ewing’s Sarcoma Presentation A young man, 18 years old, is referred to your office by his family physician with a report of an abnormal chest x-ray finding. His chief complaint…

Histoplasmosis Presentation A 17-year-old girl presents with no significant past medical history. She denied a history of fever, chills, night sweats, or weight loss during the 6 months before her…

Thymoma Presentation A 52-year-old woman with no significant past medical history presents to your office after she was seen by her primary medical doctor with symptoms of ptosis and diplopia….

Tuberculosis Presentation A 48-year-old man who has been living in homeless shelters for the past 3 years presents to the emergency department with a 1-week history of cough and hemoptysis….