Case Presentation: A 50-year-old woman with history of ESRD on PD, CHF, and recent invasive pulmonary aspergillosis on posaconazole presents with three days of gradually progressive shortness of breath and right-sided chest pain. The chest pain was associated with coughing and deep breathing, but non-exertional with no hemoptysis. The patient lived with her sister and […]

Case Presentation: A previously healthy 29-year-old woman was diagnosed with end-stage renal disease of unknown etiology and initiated on daily peritoneal dialysis. Patient reported poor compliance with this treatment regimen and, five months later, presented to the emergency department with non-productive cough and pleuritic chest pain. She was found to have left upper lobe pneumonia […]

Case Presentation: Here, we present a rare case of large bilateral pleural effusions arising from a pancreaticopleural fistula (PPF) with a complicated course of trapped lung. Our patient is a 41 year old woman with a history of chronic pancreatitis who presented to the emergency department with a 3-day history of dyspnea on exertion and […]

Case Presentation: A 57-year-old male with history of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) cirrhosis complicated by recurrent hepatic hydrothorax (requiring approximately 15 thoracenteses) presented with dyspnea. Admission chest x-ray and subsequent computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a large pleural effusion with collapse of the right lower lobe. He underwent thoracentesis with removal of two liters of pink, […]

Case Presentation: Our patient is a 48-year-old female with medical history significant for hypertension who presented multiple times with recurrent intractable chest wall pain. Her history was significant for loss of appetite and weight loss of about 20 lbs in the last 2 months She had an unremarkable laboratory and imaging work up and eventually […]