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Pulmonary puzzle
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A 75-year-old man with chest discomfort and a cough
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  1. J J Owen1,
  2. L Perry2,
  3. R Delaney2,
  4. M Charig3,
  5. M J Smith4,
  6. L Hart4
  1. 1
    Department of Respiratory Medicine, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmonth Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
  2. 2
    Department of Histopathology, Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
  3. 3
    Department of Radiology, Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
  4. 4
    Department of Respiratory Medicine, Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
  1. Dr J J Owen, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Trafalgar Building, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Southwick Hill Road, Cosham PO6 3LY, UK; drjowen{at}ic24.net

https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2007.087668

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    CLINICAL PRESENTATION

    A 75-year-old man was admitted with a non-productive cough and chest discomfort. He had been admitted 2 months previously with left lower lobe (LLL) consolidation for which he received intravenous antibiotics. He had no weight loss or constitutional symptoms. The chest radiograph (fig 1) revealed persistent consolidation and he was urgently referred to the chest clinic for review. …

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      Pulmonary puzzle
      BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
      Thorax 2008; 63 376-376 Published Online First: 25 Mar 2008. doi: 10.1136/thx.2007.087668a