A case from the library
Breathlessness and a new rash in hospital in a 30-year-old woman
RheumatologyMedium
Natalia Petrova
30 years · Female
Vitals
- Heart rate
- 118 bpm
- Blood pressure
- 102/64 mmHg
- Resp. rate
- 24 /min
- SpO₂
- 94%
- Temperature
- 101.8 °F
How hard it is
A real-world presentation with one or two atypical features. You'll need targeted questions and the right test to narrow the differential.
The diagnosis is not shown here. Finding it is the case.
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Source
Adapted from a case report published in Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, under the CC BY 4.0 license. The patient's name and some details are invented; the clinical picture follows the report. The report names the diagnosis.
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