Sachin Gupta, MD

Articles

Case In Point: A man with renal failure, dyspnea, and an apparent lung mass

Aditya Gupta, MD;Sachin Gupta, MD;Aditya Gupta, MD;Akhil Bidani, MD, PhD

December 1st 2005

A 54-year-old man with chronic renal insufficiency presented with shortness of breath, nonproductive cough, and chest pain. The patient had hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and a 30-pack-year history of cigarette smoking. He denied alcohol or illicit drug use and prolonged exposure to asbestos, chemicals, or fumes.

Man With Worsening Dyspnea, Epistaxis, and a Distended Abdomen

Aditya Gupta, MD;Sachin Gupta, MD;Harinder S. Juneja, MD

December 1st 2005

A 49-year-old man has had dyspnea on exertion for 1 month; it has worsened during the past 2 days. He has also had 2 episodes of epistaxis and increasing abdominal distention, without pain, during the past 6 months.

Case In Point: Exfoliative dermatitis: A presenting sign of lung cancer

Aditya Gupta, MD;Sachin Gupta, MD;Omar Abdul Aziz Awad, MD;Rosa Maria Estrada-y-martin, MD

September 1st 2005

A 53-year-old man presented with a 3-day history of bilateral pain in the lower extremities. He also had a 3-month history of thickening and desquamation of skin, with associated itching, and a 5-lb (2.27-kg) weight loss. The skin changes initially appeared on the hands and subsequently became generalized.