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A 14-Year-Old Boy With Severe Dyspnea After Coughing Up a Bitter-Tasting Fluid
Yener Aydin1, Ali Bilal Ulas1, Mesut Ozgokce2
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medical Faculty, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
Case Presentation:
A 14-year-old boy with no significant medical history presented to the emergency department with a sudden onset of debilitating left-sided chest pain and severe dyspnea. The symptoms began acutely while he was at rest, approximately 1 hour before arrival. During a coughing fit, he expectorated a small amount of clear, watery, and distinctly bitter-tasting fluid. His medical background was unremarkable, with no history of prior respiratory symptoms, asthma, smoking, recent trauma, or chronic illnesses. The patient lives in a rural village, has no travel history, and has no special dietary habits that would predispose him to a different diagnosis.
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