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Images in emergency medicine
Exertional dyspnoea associated with skin lesions
  1. A Murad,
  2. P Lenane
  1. Department of Dermatology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin 7, Ireland
  1. Correspondence to Dr Aizuri Murad, Department of Dermatology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland; aiz100{at}hotmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2014-203869

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    A 44-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a 4-month history of worsening exertional dyspnoea which coincided with the development of skin lesions overlying a tattoo which he had for 7 years on his right leg (figure 1). Chest examination revealed fine crepitations on lung bases.

    Figure 1

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    • Contributors AM and PL were involved in preparing and critical review of the manuscript.

    • Competing interests None.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.