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A patient with weakness and an abnormal chest radiograph: A case report

A 40-year-old black male presented to ICU after intubation for airway protection due to rapid onset of neck weakness and swallowing difficulty. His chest radiograph showed an unusual mediastinal opacity for which a computer tomography (CT) scan was done, confirming a mediastinal mass.

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Autores principales: van Straaten, A, Shaw, J A, Koegelenberg, C F N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: South African Medical Association 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8432927/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34541496
http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/AJTCCM.2018.v24i1.183
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spelling pubmed-84329272021-09-16 A patient with weakness and an abnormal chest radiograph: A case report van Straaten, A Shaw, J A Koegelenberg, C F N Afr J Thorac Crit Care Med Case Report A 40-year-old black male presented to ICU after intubation for airway protection due to rapid onset of neck weakness and swallowing difficulty. His chest radiograph showed an unusual mediastinal opacity for which a computer tomography (CT) scan was done, confirming a mediastinal mass. South African Medical Association 2018-04-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8432927/ /pubmed/34541496 http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/AJTCCM.2018.v24i1.183 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial Works License (CC BY-NC 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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A patient with weakness and an abnormal chest radiograph: A case report
title A patient with weakness and an abnormal chest radiograph: A case report
title_full A patient with weakness and an abnormal chest radiograph: A case report
title_fullStr A patient with weakness and an abnormal chest radiograph: A case report
title_full_unstemmed A patient with weakness and an abnormal chest radiograph: A case report
title_short A patient with weakness and an abnormal chest radiograph: A case report
title_sort patient with weakness and an abnormal chest radiograph: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8432927/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34541496
http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/AJTCCM.2018.v24i1.183
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