Case Report
After reading the above Case Report by Cowie & Cowie (2021), complete a case study analysis by answering all the questions below in 2-3 pages using APA formatting. Simple “Yes” or “No” and one-word answers are not acceptable.
Include cover page, a running head in the top left corner (CASE STUDY), and page numbers for this assignment (top right-hand corner).
Case Questions:
- What prompted the patient’s admission to the hospital?
- What were his chief complaints?
- What were three signs the patient presented with?
- Describe the patient’s cardiac function upon admission to the hospital.
- List three diagnostic procedures that were performed on the patient and the findings/results of these three procedures.
- Define the term CRP and state what CRP is an indicator of (what type of marker is it).
- What was the patient’s initial serum CRP level? What did this level increase to?
- As it pertains to the patient’s condition, what may this elevation of CRP indicate is going on with the patient?
- What is the significance of an elevated troponin level?
- While reading this case and analyzing the various findings, in your view, what is the significance of the following CT finding as it pertains to his final diagnosis: “a complex mass in the sartorius muscle measuring 2.4×1.0x1.4 cm with ill-defined margins and increased vascularity was noted” (Cowie & Cowie, 2021).
- List three treatments/therapeutic interventions that were provided to the patient during his hospitalization.
- Were the treatments you listed in question 11 successful, why, or why not?
- What was the patient’s cause of death?
- The patient also had a second diagnosis, one that did not contribute to his death, what was this second diagnosis?
- What is the etiology (how it develops…what does it develop from) of Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (ALCL)?
