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  • Emergency Medicine
  • Cardiology
  • Pulmonology

Background:

  • Acute breathlessness is a common emergency department presentation.
  • Traditional differential diagnoses include acute coronary syndrome and pneumonia.
  • Atypical presentations require broad diagnostic considerations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To report a case of a 68-year-old man with acute breathlessness.
  • To discuss the diagnostic challenges in patients with atypical symptoms.
  • To emphasize the importance of considering pulmonary embolism.

Main Methods:

  • Case report of a 68-year-old male patient.
  • Clinical presentation analysis.
  • Review of diagnostic workup for acute dyspnea.

Main Results:

  • The patient presented with isolated breathlessness.
  • Absence of chest pain, hemoptysis, and sputum production.
  • Diagnostic findings for pulmonary embolism were confirmed.

Conclusions:

  • Pulmonary embolism can present solely with breathlessness.
  • Early consideration of pulmonary embolism is crucial for timely diagnosis and treatment.
  • This case underscores the need for a high index of suspicion in undifferentiated dyspnea.