Case 20-1972
- 18 May 1972
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 286 (20) , 1100-1107
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm197205182862010
Abstract
Presentation of CaseA 14-year-old boy was admitted to the hospital because of cardiac arrhythmias.Before the age of six years he was admitted to a hospital on three occasions because of pneumonia and once with "febrile convulsions." Thereafter he was well and active. One month before admission he was beaten by one or more assailants; trauma to the chest was denied. Subsequently, he was observed to be lethargic. Eleven days before entry a dry cough, coryza and sneezing developed. On the following day epistaxis occurred, and he began to cough up large quantities of clear sputum. He was dyspneic . . .Keywords
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