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The  ATS Clinical Cases are a series of cases devoted to interactive clinical case presentations on all aspects of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine. They are designed to provide education to practitioners, faculty, fellows, residents, and medical students in the areas of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine.

Currently, we are not accepting new cases for this series, as there are several other venues for publishing cases.  For cases that can be written as brief, image-based quesitons, consider submitting them as to Quick Hits .  For other cases, please contact your assembly web director regarding other opportunities to publish or highlight cases.

ATS Clinical Cases Designated by the Assemblies

Assembly on Allergy, Immunology, and Inflammation

• A Case Of Diffuse Miliary Pulmonary Infiltrates In A 35 Year-Old Man
• The Mighty Eosinophil
• Persistent Dyspnea in a Patient with Down’s Syndrome
• A 20 Year-Old with a Mediastinal Mass
• A Transsexual with Acute Dyspnea and Diffuse Infiltrates
• Use of Endobronchial Ultrasound to Diagnose an Incidental Lung Nodule
• Persistent Dyspnea Despite Maximal Medical Therapy in COPD
• Uncontrolled asthma, recurrent rhinosinusitis, and infertility in a young woman
• A case of progressive dyspnea and abnormal chest x-ray
• A 27 year old with a non resolving cavitary lung lesion
• ARDS Following Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Multiple Myeloma
• Sudden Onset of Wheezing at Work
• Difficult-to-Control Asthma in a 49-Year-Old Man
• Dyspnea and wheezing in a pregnant patient
• Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy and Interstitial Lung Disease in a Cancer Patient
• Diffuse Infiltrates Following Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
• Difficult-to-control asthma in 13-year-old boy
• Stable Mild Persistent Asthma in a Young Adult
• Dyspnea in a college athlete

Assembly on Behavioral Science and Health Services Research

• Challenges in Caring for the Child with Asthma: Enlisting Community Services
• A 60-Year-Old Man with Acute Respiratory Failure and Mental Status Changes
• Young Man with Recent Onset Hypertension and Acute Onset Dyspnea
• Hoarseness and Hemoptysis in a 28-Year-Old Pregnant Woman

Assembly on Critical Care

• 60-Year-Old Man with Non-resolving Pneumonia
• Egg Shell Calcifications in a 69 Year Old Woman
• Cavitating Lung Lesion in a 59 year-old man.
• Intracerebral Hemorrhage in a Young Adult Male Patient
• A 39 Year Old Woman with Fever and Myalgia
• Septic Shock Following an Ulcerative Colitis Flare
• A 67-Year-Old Man with Massive Hemoptysis
• Chest Pain After Sexual Intercourse
• Liver dysfunction and severe lactic acidosis in a previously healthy man

Assembly on Clinical Problems

• Clinical Considerations for Individuals with Cystic Fibrosis
• An Unusual Cause of Chest Pain
• A 5 year old girl with Prader-Willi syndrome and worsening snoring during growth hormone therapy
• Dry Cough and Clubbing in a 45-Year-Old Woman
• Near-Complete Opacification of the Right Hemithorax
• Sudden Onset Chest Pain in a Young Man
• Intrapulmonary Shunting Through Tumor Causing Refractory Hypoxemia

Assembly on Environmental, Occupational and Population Health

• Progressive Dyspnea in an Appalachian Coal Miner
• Workplace Spirometry: Early Detection Benefits Individuals, Worker Groups and Employers
• “Horse play and the Lung” – a possible cobalt effect?
• Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonitis or Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis?

Assembly on Microbiology, Tuberculosis and Pulmonary Infections

• Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Secondary to an Unusual Infection
• A Pregnant Woman with Fever and Respiratory Failure
• Cavitating Lung Lesion and Recurrent Chest Infections
• Bronchiectasis and recurrent pulmonary infections

Assembly on Pediatrics

• A six year-old child with cough and facial swelling

Assembly on Pulmonary Circulation

• A Cystic Fibrosis Patient with Hemoptysis From an Unusual Cause
• A 57 Year Old Woman with Pulmonary Hypertension Suffering Worsening Dyspnea on Endothelin Receptor Antagonist Therapy
• 70- Year-Old Woman with Progressive Dyspnea and Dilated Pulmonary Arteries
• An 18-year-old woman with severe dyspnea, hypoxia and abnormal chest findings

Assembly on Pulmonary Rehabilitation

• Pre- and Postoperative Pulmonary Rehabilitation for a COPD Patient Undergoing Bilateral Lung Transplant

Assembly on Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology

• Central Hypersomnolence: History is the Key
• Persistent Sleepiness in Obstructive Sleep Apnea
• A case of Sleep Disordered Breathing after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery.
• Postoperative Respiratory Failure in a Child — A Diagnostic Dilemma
• A Case of “Complex” Sleep Apnea?
• Hypersomnolent, Hypercapnic, and Morbidly Obese
• Sleepy Since Adolescence

The American Thoracic Society improves global health by advancing research, patient care, and public health in pulmonary disease, critical illness, and sleep disorders. Founded in 1905 to combat TB, the ATS has grown to tackle asthma, COPD, lung cancer, sepsis, acute respiratory distress, and sleep apnea, among other diseases.

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