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CORONARY ARTERIES - WHEN CALCIFICATION POPS UP
Monteiro, Joana Raquel; Salgueiro, Sónia; Pinhal, FernandaAn 84-year-old woman, with background history of atrial fibrillation, cerebral vascular disease, ischemic heart failure by coronary disease with several stent implantation, presented in the emergency room with syncope. The chest radiograph evidenced the coronary trajectory by their calcification.
HAMMAN’S SYNDROME (SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM)
Santos, Sónia; Ribeiro Santos, Cátia; Monteiro, Joana Raquel; Salgueiro, Sónia; Fernandes, CélioThe authors present the case of a previously healthy, 22-year-old male nonsmoker who sought emergency room treatment complaining of retrosternal pain. He reported a history of odynophagia two days before, followed by productive cough, fever and dyspnea. On chest radiography, a line could be observed surrounding the heart and the continuous diaphragm sign. The chest computed tomography scan confirmed the presenc...