An Unusual cause of ‘Troponinaemia’

An Unusual cause of ‘Troponinaemia’

58 year old policeman presented with a 4 week history of cough, haemoptysis, exertional dyspnoea, ear discomfort and sore throat. He was previously healthy and taking no regular medications. He was a non-smoker and had no risk factors for coronary artery disease. He had recently completed two courses of antibiotics for a presumed ear infection. He had also experienced occasional minor epistaxis with constitutional symptoms of weight loss and night sweats over recent months. Clinical examination was unremarkable. [download-attachments container="div" style="list" dipslay_icon="1" display_count="1" display__size="0"]

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An Unusual cause of ‘Troponinaemia’

3rd March 2016
PMID: 21603667
Authors Affiliations
Arup Chakraborty BSc, MBBS, MRCP(UK) is a Specialist Registrar dual accrediting in General Internal Medicine (Oxford deanery) and Intensive Care Medicine (London deanery). Currently at General Intensive Care Unit, St George’s Hospital, London
Arti Bhimjiyani BSc, MBBS is a Foundation trainee at Milton Keynes Hospital, Milton Keynes
Richard William Smith FRCP Department of Acute Medicine, Milton Keynes General Hospital, Milton Keynes, UK

An Unusual cause of ‘Troponinaemia’

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Chakraborty A, Bhimjiyani A, Smith RW. Picture Quiz: An Unusual cause of 'Troponinaemia'. Acute Med. 2009;8(3):131. PMID: 21603667.

An Unusual cause of ‘Troponinaemia’

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