Syncope in an Otherwise Healthy 74-Year-Old Woman.

Kattih, Zein; Fernandes, Mateus; Alvarez Villela, Miguel A; Machnicki, Stephen; Altschul, Erica · Chest · 2024

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A 74-year-old woman with a history of hypertension and peripheral artery disease and a reported diagnosis of sarcoidosis presents for an episode of syncope and shortness of breath. She had a history of sarcoidosis diagnosed on chest radiography that showed lymphadenopathy. There were no associated symptoms, and she was not previously treated for sarcoidosis. She previously smoked and had quit smoking 9 years earlier.

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