ATS Clinical Cases

The American Thoracic Society features ATS Clinical Cases, a monthly series devoted to interactive clinical case presentations on all aspects of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine. It is designed to provide education to practitioners, faculty, fellows, residents, and medical students in the areas of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine. You can also discuss the cases further and give comments in the ATS Forum.

We especially hope to encourage participation and contribution of cases by pulmonary and critical care fellows, junior faculty, practitioners, and medical residents. All cases are reviewed by one of the American Thoracic Society’s assemblies, who also contribute cases throughout the year. Individuals can submit interesting cases to their Assembly Web Director or me. I will assign it to an appropriate assembly for review. Guidelines for case submission can be found here. Contact me or your Assembly Web Director for more details.

Thank you,

Victor Kim, MD
ATS Case Editor

• A Case of Recurrent Pneumothoraces
• Incidental Pulmonary Nodule in a 75-Year-Old Man
• Sudden Onset of Wheezing at Work
• Postoperative Respiratory Failure in a Child - A Diagnostic Dilemma
• Pre- and Postoperative Pulmonary Rehabilitation for a COPD Patient Undergoing Bilateral Lung Transplant
• A 60-Year-Old Man with Acute Respiratory Failure and Mental Status Changes
• 36-Year-Old Woman with Chronic Cough and Pulmonary Nodules
• A 67-Year-Old Man with Massive Hemoptysis
• Difficult-to-Control Asthma in a 49-Year-Old Man
• Workplace Spirometry: Early Detection Benefits Individuals, Worker Groups and Employers
• A Case of Complex Sleep Apnea?
• 70- Year-Old Woman with Progressive Dyspnea and Dilated Pulmonary Arteries
• Cavitating Lung Lesion and Recurrent Chest Infections
• Near-Complete Opacification of the Right Hemithorax
• Dyspnea and wheezing in a pregnant patient
• Hypersomnolent, Hypercapnic, and Morbidly Obese
• Sudden Onset Chest Pain in a Young Man
• Young Man with Recent Onset Hypertension and Acute Onset Dyspnea
• Airflow Obstruction and Dysphonia in a Nonsmoker
• Chest Pain After Sexual Intercourse
• "Horse play and the Lung" a possible cobalt effect?
• Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy and Interstitial Lung Disease in a Cancer Patient
• Diffuse Infiltrates Following Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
• Hoarseness and Hemoptysis in a 28-Year-Old Pregnant Woman
• An 18-year-old woman with severe dyspnea, hypoxia and abnormal chest findings
• Difficult-to-control asthma in 13-year-old boy
• Bronchiectasis and recurrent pulmonary infections
• Suspicion of Lung Cancer with Nodal Metastases in an Immunocompromised Patient
• Sleepy Since Adolescence
• Stable Mild Persistent Asthma in a Young Adult
• Dyspnea in a college athlete
• Intrapulmonary Shunting Through Tumor Causing Refractory Hypoxemia
• Liver dysfunction and severe lactic acidosis in a previously healthy man
• Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonitis or Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis?