Medical image of the week: neurogenic pulmonary edema

No abstract available. Article truncated at 150 words. A 79 year old woman with a history of diabetes, hypertension and subarachnoid hemorrhage presented to the emergency department (ED) with altered mental status. The patient had a fall one day prior to admission, and hit her head on the ground. Th...

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Main Authors: Yun S, Phan T, Sharda N
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Language:English
Published: Arizona Thoracic Society 2014-02-01
Series:Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care
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Online Access:http://www.swjpcc.com/imaging/2014/2/5/medical-image-of-the-week-neurogenic-pulmonary-edema.html
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description No abstract available. Article truncated at 150 words. A 79 year old woman with a history of diabetes, hypertension and subarachnoid hemorrhage presented to the emergency department (ED) with altered mental status. The patient had a fall one day prior to admission, and hit her head on the ground. There was no loss of consciousness or seizure activity at that moment, however, she was found unresponsive in the bathroom the next day with brownish vomitus in the mouth and on her face. CT of the head without contrast showed a large intraparenchymal hemorrhage on the left frontal lobe with subdural hemorrhage on the right frontal and temporal lobe. Also, intraventricular blood with 1.1 cm left to right midline shift was observed (Figure 1). Although she had no history of left heart failure or pulmonary disease, physical exam showed coarse lung sound and chest X-ray showed acute change with prominence central vasculature with fluffy central airspace opacities, which were …
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spelling doaj.art-2494f3a5f2004da187d15876f86e17422022-12-22T03:18:11ZengArizona Thoracic SocietySouthwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care2160-67732014-02-01829910010.13175/swjpcc004-14Medical image of the week: neurogenic pulmonary edemaYun S0Phan T1Sharda N2University of Arizona, Tucson, AZUniversity of Arizona, Tucson, AZUniversity of Arizona, Tucson, AZNo abstract available. Article truncated at 150 words. A 79 year old woman with a history of diabetes, hypertension and subarachnoid hemorrhage presented to the emergency department (ED) with altered mental status. The patient had a fall one day prior to admission, and hit her head on the ground. There was no loss of consciousness or seizure activity at that moment, however, she was found unresponsive in the bathroom the next day with brownish vomitus in the mouth and on her face. CT of the head without contrast showed a large intraparenchymal hemorrhage on the left frontal lobe with subdural hemorrhage on the right frontal and temporal lobe. Also, intraventricular blood with 1.1 cm left to right midline shift was observed (Figure 1). Although she had no history of left heart failure or pulmonary disease, physical exam showed coarse lung sound and chest X-ray showed acute change with prominence central vasculature with fluffy central airspace opacities, which were …http://www.swjpcc.com/imaging/2014/2/5/medical-image-of-the-week-neurogenic-pulmonary-edema.htmlpulmonary edemaneurogenichead injurybrain hemorrhageintraventricular hemorrhagesubarachnoid hemorrhagealtered mental statusneurogenic pulmonary edema
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Sharda N
Medical image of the week: neurogenic pulmonary edema
Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care
pulmonary edema
neurogenic
head injury
brain hemorrhage
intraventricular hemorrhage
subarachnoid hemorrhage
altered mental status
neurogenic pulmonary edema
title Medical image of the week: neurogenic pulmonary edema
title_full Medical image of the week: neurogenic pulmonary edema
title_fullStr Medical image of the week: neurogenic pulmonary edema
title_full_unstemmed Medical image of the week: neurogenic pulmonary edema
title_short Medical image of the week: neurogenic pulmonary edema
title_sort medical image of the week neurogenic pulmonary edema
topic pulmonary edema
neurogenic
head injury
brain hemorrhage
intraventricular hemorrhage
subarachnoid hemorrhage
altered mental status
neurogenic pulmonary edema
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