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A 34-Year-Old Woman With Hoarseness of Voice and an Abnormal Echocardiogram
Bilal A Jalil1, J Shaun Smith2, Karim El-Kersh1
1Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Disorders Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY.
Case Presentation:
A 34-year-old woman presented for evaluation of several months of a hoarse voice and dyspnea on exertion that progressed over the last 3 years. She had a clinical diagnosis of asthma that had been treated with bronchodilators and inhaled corticosteroids for a few years. She continued to use her inhalers but with minimal symptomatic improvement. The patient was a lifelong nonsmoker with no history of drug abuse. She worked as a college professor and denied any significant environmental exposures or recent travel.
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