Pulmonary
The Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care publishes articles broadly related to pulmonary medicine including thoracic surgery, transplantation, airways disease, pediatric pulmonology, anesthesiolgy, pharmacology, nursing and more. Manuscripts may be either basic or clinical original investigations or review articles. Potential authors of review articles are encouraged to contact the editors before submission, however, unsolicited review articles will be considered.
March 2017 Pulmonary Case of the Month
Maxwell L. Smith, MD
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Mayo Clinic Arizona
Scottsdale, AZ USA
History of Present Illness
The patient is 52-year-old man who complained of dyspnea on exertion and a dry cough.
Past Medical History, Social History and Family History
He had a history of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and was taking a proton pump inhibitor.
He never smoked and had no known exposures.
Family history was noncontributory.
Physical Examination
Physical Examination was unremarkable.
Chest X-ray
A chest x-ray was reported as normal.
Which of the following are indicated? (Click on the correct answer to proceed to the second of five pages)
Cite as: Smith ML. March 2017 pulmonary case of the month. Southwest J Pulm Crit Care. 2017;14(3):89-93. doi: https://doi.org/10.13175/swjpcc014-17 PDF
October 2015 Pulmonary Case of the Month: I've Heard of Katy Perry
Kathryn E. Williams, MB
Maxwell L. Smith, MD
Philip J. Lyng, MD
Laszlo T. Vaszar, MD
Department of Pulmonary Medicine
Mayo Clinic Arizona
Scottsdale, AZ
History of Present Illness
A 45-year-old man with a history of dyslipidemia and a family history of early coronary artery disease (CAD) underwent coronary artery calcium scoring CT. He was a non-smoker and asymptomatic.
Past Medical History
In addition to his hyperlipidemia he has a history of obesity and impaired fasting glucose.
Physical Examination
His physical examination was unremarkable.
Radiography
The thoracic CT was interpreted as a low risk for CAD but there were incidental findings (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Panels A-C: Representative views from the thoracic CT scan in lung windows. Lower panel: video of thoracic CT in lung windows.
What incidental finding is not shown on thoracic CT scan. (Click on the correct answer to proceed to the second of six panels).
- Honeycombing
- Multiple small pulmonary nodules
- Patchy ground glass opacities
- Slightly enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes
Cite as: Williams KE, Smith ML, Lyng PJ, Vaszar LT. October 2015 pulmonary case of the month: I've heard of Katy Perry. Southwest J Pulm Crit Care. 2015;11(4):126-35. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13175/swjpcc123-15 PDF