37-year-old man • cough • increasing shortness of breath • pleuritic chest pain • Dx?

J Fam Pract. 2021 Apr;70(3):143-149. doi: 10.12788/jfp.0171.

Abstract

► Cough ► Increasing shortness of breath ► Pleuritic chest pain.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Chest Pain / etiology
  • Cough / etiology
  • Drainage / methods
  • Dyspnea / etiology
  • Family Practice / methods*
  • Humans
  • Lung Abscess / diagnosis*
  • Lung Abscess / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Abscess / pathology
  • Lung Abscess / therapy*
  • Male
  • Physician-Patient Relations*
  • Pleurisy / etiology
  • Risk Assessment