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Friday, 14 March 2025

CASE 819: LEFT CHEST PAIN and LUNG POCUS, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, Dr LÊ THỊ THANH THẢO, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM.

A 67 year-old man with left chest pain progressing for 3 days, coughing and no fever.

Lab data nothing abnormal detected. 



EKG  sinus arrhythmia bradycardia.



CT coronary stenosis 40-30%.



Lung POCUS : Left pleural effusion and thickening left pleura zone L5 with seven B-lines: interstitial pneumonia.




Chest MSCT  later confirmed thickening of posterior basal of left lung.



Lung POCUS helps differentiaziting, in a left chest pain , a pneumonia from an angina pectoris.



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