College Basketball Player With Dyspnea - Page #3
 

Lab Studies:
CMP: normal
CRP: 10
Sed Rate: 62
H&H normal
WBC 11.8
D-Dimer 3.0

Other Studies:
Chest x-ray Case Photo #1 Case Photo #2 revealed blunting of the left costophrenic angle suggesting minimal atelectasis versus early infiltrate of the left lung base with the small adjacent pleural effusion. No bony abnormalities.
EKG: normal
CT angiography: Case Photo #3 Case Photo #4 Pulmonary emboli noted within the segmental and interlobar arteries to the left lower lobe. Consolidated change of the left lung base and the pleural effusions noted. The consolidation could be ischemic change from the pulmonary emboli or superimposed pneumonia.

Click here to continue. Challenge yourself by writing down a revised, working diagnosis before moving to the next slide.


NOTE: For more information, please contact the AMSSM, 4000 W. 114th Street, Suite 100, Leawood, KS 66211 (913) 327-1415.
 

© The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine
4000 W. 114th Street, Suite 100
Leawood, KS 66211
Phone: 913.327.1415


Website created by the computer geek