A man with chest discomfort

A 75-year-old man with chest discomfort and a cough.

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Chest discomfort and abnormal chest radiograph.

Esophageal Ascariasis with Retrosternal Chest Discomfort.

Ascariasis is one of the most well known helminthic parasite affecting humans. Esophageal asacariasis is extremely rare. We present a case of esophageal ascariasis manifesting as retrosternal chest discomfort.

A young man with chest pain.

A man in his early 20s was admitted to the medical department of the local hospital because of almost two days of chest pain. The pain started in the centre of his chest and gradually moved over to the left. It was exacerbated by deep inhalation and lying on his left side. The patient had no other symptoms. Two weeks prior to admission he had had similar chest pain that had ceased spontaneously...

The utility of gestures in patients with chest discomfort.

PURPOSE Patient gestures are thought to be useful in determining the etiology of chest discomfort. We sought to determine the utility of certain patient gestures in the diagnosis of ischemic chest discomfort or myocardial infarction. METHODS We performed a prospective observational study of 202 patients admitted with chest discomfort. Patients were observed for the Levine Sign (clenched fist ...