Chest Pain as a Presenting Symptom for Gastric Phytobezoar
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Chest Pain as a Presenting Symptom for Gastric Phytobezoar
Introduction Chest pain is a common chief complaint of patient presentation to the emergency room. It also presents itself as one of the most challenging symptoms for clinicians to manage. The differential diagnosis for chest pain involves a multitude of organ systems. Failure to recognize potentially serious life-threatening causes such as acute ischemic heart disease, aortic dissection, tensi...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Medicine Forum
سال: 2007
ISSN: 2325-2863
DOI: 10.29046/tmf.009.1.020