Image of the Month—Quiz Case

Bumpers HL, Gabram-Mendola S, Okoli J, et al. — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT

A 50-year-old African American female patient presented to the emergency department with a complaint of severe shortness of breath and a swollen right hand. On admission, she was unable to walk. She gave no past medical history of diabetes mellitus or of treatments for other pathologies. A physical examination was significant for severe edema in the right upper extremity accompanied by excoriation and necrosis of the skin and soft tissue of the limb and the right chest wall. A chest radiograph showed a massive pleural effusion with near complete collapse of the right lung. A photograph of the patient (Figure 1) and a computed tomographic scan of the chest (Figure 2) are shown.

Image of the Month—Diagnosis

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT

JAMA Surgery: Acute Lung Injury/Acute Respiratory Failure Topic Collection

Image of the Month—Quiz Case

Image of the Month—Diagnosis