Embolized prostatic brachytherapy seeds mimicking acute chest pain syndromes

Chest Pain in Adolescent Japanese Male Mimicking Acute Coronary Syndrome

Acute chest pain with very elevated troponin level and abnormal EKG in adult population is considered sine qua non to acute coronary syndrome (ACS) unless proved otherwise. Similar presentation in adolescent population is seen less often but raises suspicion for ACS. Most common etiology for chest pain with cardiac enzyme elevation in adolescent population is usually viral myopericarditis. The ...

Non-invasive imaging in acute chest pain syndromes.

This review has the purpose of informing the reader about the current use of imaging techniques in patients presenting with acute chest pain to the emergency department. We will focus on three aspects of managing the patient with acute chest pain: Imaging to increase the number of correct diagnoses in the acute situation; Imaging to rule out other than coronary causes of chest pain; Use of imag...

Myofascial pain mimicking radicular syndromes.

Myofascial pain is very often underscored and misunderstood in clinical practice. In many cases the localization of myofascial pain may resemble other diseases, such as radicular syndromes (e.g., low back pain from herniated disc) and even diseases of internal organs (e.g., angina pectoris, bowel diseases or gynaecological disturbances). In pain clinics one can routinely see patients with myofa...

Acute Pain Syndromes in Cancer

Cancer requires appropriate assessment (diagnostic interventions), treatment interventions (hormonal therapy, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery) or palliative symptom management [1,3]. These all interventions may lead to acute pain syndrome including neuropathies due to injuries to nerves during surgical intervention, acute neurotoxicity due to chemotherapeutic agents and acute radiation indu...

Acute chest pain and paraparesis.