Key result
A 73-year-old woman with a history of arthritis and corticosteroid use presented with increasing dyspnea and weakness.
Case Report (n=1)
Case report of a 73-year-old woman presenting with dyspnea.
May prompt consideration of uncommon causes in corticosteroid users; leaves open need for confirmatory series.
Presentation of CaseA 73-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of dyspnea.She was apparently well until 10 or more years earlier, when arthralgia developed. Seven months before admission a corticosteroid was administered because of arthritis. Three months before entry the steroid medication was discontinued because of ecchymoses on the arms. For an uncertain interval the patient had experienced dyspnea and weakness on getting out of a chair and on standing.Five weeks before admission the patient came to the Emergency Ward of this hospital because of increasing dyspnea. Examination showed that she was afebrile, and the blood . . .
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Cabot et al. (1986) conducted a case report in Dyspnea (n=1). Corticosteroid was evaluated. A 73-year-old woman with a history of arthritis and corticosteroid use presented with increasing dyspnea and weakness.
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