INTERESTING CASE OF COUGH FRACTURE IN AN ADULT
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 22
Abstract
PRESENTATION OF CASE A 32-year-old man, a known case of bronchial asthma was presented to our emergency department with chief complaint of sudden onset pain in the left lower chest wall after strong paroxysmal coughing due to aggravation of bronchial asthma symptoms. Chest pain was localised and aggravated with respiration without any radiation. There was no history of fever, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, diaphoresis or orthopnoea. History of any thoracic trauma, cardiac disease or osteoporosis due to chronic renal disease or any metabolic disease was not present. He was on intermittent oral and inhalational corticosteroid therapy, because of the uncontrolled bronchial asthma for last five years. On physical evaluation, he was tachypnoeic and vital was normal. He had tenderness over his left lower chest wall. Diffuse rhonchi were heard over both lung fields on auscultation
Authors and Affiliations
Praphull Deepankar, Rakesh Roshan, Govind Kumar, Amrita Pritam
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