Chronic Cough in a 70-Year-Old Woman

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Chronic Cough in a 70-Year-Old Woman Diaeddin Sagar, MBBCh, Ala-Eddin S. Sagar, MD, Salem Soussi, MBBCh  CHEST  Volume 155, Issue 6, Pages e171-e174 (June 2019) DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.01.005 Copyright © 2019 American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 CT scan of the chest shows subtle thickening of the aorta and its major branches (red arrows). A, B, Cross-sectional chest images at the level of the aortic arch. C, D, Cross-sectional chest images at the level of the major branches of the aorta. A, C, Mediastinal window. B, D, Lung window. CHEST 2019 155, e171-e174DOI: (10.1016/j.chest.2019.01.005) Copyright © 2019 American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 PET CT scan shows avid fluorodeoxyglucose uptake throughout the thoracoabdominal aorta, both common carotids, and the subclavian, common iliac, and femoral arteries. CHEST 2019 155, e171-e174DOI: (10.1016/j.chest.2019.01.005) Copyright © 2019 American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions