A serious fit of cough: A 66-year-old patient with myasthenia gravis presenting with spontaneous intercostal lung herniation after coughing. Case report and pathophysiological discussion
We present a case of a 66-year-old man with history of myasthenia gravis, severe obesity and osteopenia self-presented to our Emergency Department (ED) with severe pain in his left hemithorax, occurred after an episode of cough three days before. No history of trauma was reported. The patient underw...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Emergency Care Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ecj/article/view/8911 |