She was well until 7 months ago, when she developed fever, a productive cough, and left-sided pleuritic chest pain. A chest radiograph showed an infiltrate in the left lower lobe. Several courses of antibiotics led to an improvement of her symptoms, though a dry cough persisted. Subsequent ...
A 39-year-old man was admitted for upper abdominal pain and shortness of breath. The chest roentgenogram demonstrated cardiomegaly and left lower lobe atelectasis. Echocardiography showed circumferential pericardial effusion with signs of cardiac tamponade. Pericardial biopsy and fluid analysis were ...