Atypical Tietze’s Syndrome Misdiagnosed as Atypical Chest Pain: Letter to the Editor
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Costovertebral joint dysfunction: another misdiagnosed cause of atypical chest pain.
The diagnostic work-up of atypical chest pain frequently leads to invasive procedures. However, this painful symptomatology can sometimes be of benign origin and respond to simple therapeutic manoeuvres. A number of musculoskeletal conditions such as costovertebral joint dysfunctions should be carefully considered. We report five cases in which patient discomfort and high costs could have been ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pain Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1526-2375,1526-4637
DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnx213