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A 33-year-old female presented with a 3.5-month history of persistent cough, dyspnoea, and chest pain that mimicked asthma bronchiale despite initial antibiotic and bronchodilator treatment.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights a case of a 33-year-old female with persistent cough and dyspnoea mimicking asthma, emphasizing the need for broader differential diagnosis when symptoms progress despite standard therapy.
Persistent asthma-mimic symptoms despite therapy warrant broader differentials now; this case leaves open their true frequency and optimal workup.
A 33-year-old female patient, without prior chest symptomatology, was referred to hospital with symptoms of cough, dyspnoea and chest pain, which had persisted for the last 3.5 months. Her medical history revealed that she had been admitted to the emergency department when her symptoms first developed. At this point she had been prescribed non-specific antibiotic and bronchodilating treatment, as paracardiac infiltration was detected on chest radiography and wheezing on auscultation. At follow-up, she was told that the infiltration on chest radiography had regressed; however, cough and chest tightness persisted and progressed.
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Öztürk et al. (2005) conducted a case report in Cough and dyspnoea mimicking asthma bronchiale (n=1). A 33-year-old female presented with a 3.5-month history of persistent cough, dyspnoea, and chest pain that mimicked asthma bronchiale despite initial antibiotic and bronchodilator treatment.
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