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Does Phantom Tumor Really Exist?!

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MÆDICA - a Journal of Clinical Medicine | Vol. 12, nr. 4, 2017
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Does Phantom Tumor Really Exist?!

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Localized interlobar effusion in congestive heart failure (known as phantom tumor or vanishing tumor of the lung) is an uncommon entity. We report a case of a 61-year-old man who presented to the Emergency Departament with a two week history of dyspnoea, palpitations, dry cough and intermitent anterior chest pain. A posteroanterior chest radiography showed a nodular mass in the medium third of the right hemithorax suggestive of a pulmonary tumor. With this supposition of diagnosis, the patient was admitted to the Pneumology Departament for further investigations. Left ventricular systolic dysfunction was identified on the echocardiographic examination, in the presence of atrial flutter with 2 to 1 block. Lateral chest X-ray confirmed the presence of a pleural effusion with complete regression of “the lung tumor” after ten days of congestive heart failure treatment, avoiding other expensive and unnecessary investigations.
Keywords: phantom lung tumor, congestive heart failure, atrial flutter, pulmonary mass

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Chronic Venous Insufficiency: a Frequently Underdiagnosed and Undertreated Pathology

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MÆDICA - a Journal of Clinical Medicine | Vol. 12, nr. 1, 2017 CNCSIS - CMR - B+ OBBCSSR

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Chronic Venous Insufficiency: a Frequently Underdiagnosed and Undertreated Pathology

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The article describes the medical approach of a frequent pathology, chronic venous insufficiency.
Chronic venous insufficiency requires early diagnosis as well as an evaluation of the associated risk factors; also, patients need to understand the disease and its treatment, and to become compliant with all their physician’s recommendations. Importantly, the physician should correctly evaluate the disease and decide the best option for the patient.
These days, it is crucial that the patient benefits from optimal treatment choice in order to prevent complications.
CVI is a potentially severe pathology that has been underdiagnosed and undertreated for a long time and requires patience from the patient as well as care from the physician.

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