Dilated cardiomyopathy with pulmonary edema

Case contributed by Andrew Dixon , 3 Sep 2010
Diagnosis almost certain
Changed by Henry Knipe, 20 Oct 2018

Updates to Case Attributes

Gender was set to Female.
Age was set to 10 years.
Presentation was changed:
10 year old female presenting with fatigueFatigue and acute shortness of breath.
Body was changed:

Dilated cardiomyopathy with pulmonary oedema. There is pleural fluid within the horizontal fissure. Note the markedly distended azygousazygos vein due to raised central venous pressure.

  • -<a href="/articles/dilated-cardiomyopathy" title="Dilated cardiomyopathy">Dilated cardiomyopathy </a>with <a href="/articles/pulmonary-oedema" title="pulmonary oedema">pulmonary oedema</a>. There is pleural fluid within the horizontal fissure. Note the markedly distended azygous vein due to raised central venous pressure.
  • +<p><a href="/articles/dilated-cardiomyopathy">Dilated cardiomyopathy </a>with <a href="/articles/pulmonary-oedema">pulmonary oedema</a>. There is pleural fluid within the horizontal fissure. Note the markedly distended azygos vein due to raised central venous pressure.</p>

Updates to Study Attributes

Findings was changed:

enlargedEnlarged cardiac silhouette, thickened horizontal fissure (fluid within) and bilateral symmetrical and mainly central air space opacity. Features of cardiac pulmonary edemaoedema

Images Changes:

Image X-ray (Frontal) ( update )

Description was removed:
Dilated cardiomyopathy with pulmonary oedema

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