A young man with chronic dry cough

• Main Authors: Shalihin, Mohd Shaiful Ehsan, Osman, Iskandar Firzada, Harun, Zulkifli, Mukhali, Hassan Basri, Gnathimin, Bari
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RA Public aspects of medicine; RC Internal medicine
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/79629/13/79629_A%20young%20man%20with%20chronic%20dry%20cough.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/79629/14/79629_A%20young%20man%20with%20chronic%20dry%20cough_Scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/79629/

In primary care, chest X-rays are commonly performed to assess patients presenting with a prolonged cough. However, the extent to which the films are accurately interpreted depends on the skill of the doctors. Doctors with insufficient experience may miss an exact diagnosis when evaluating a film, especially in patients with nonspecific symptoms, such as in the case discussed in this paper. This case involved a persistent dry cough with an underlying diagnosis that would have been missed if the findings of the chest X-ray had not been properly analyzed