An unusual case of acute chest pain
Thoracic musculoskeletal disorders are important differential diagnoses in patients presenting to the emergency department with acute-onset chest pain. Although fractures of the ribs usually occur due to trauma, non-traumatic fractures can be seen in the setting of vigorous as well as repetitive cou...
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2023-12-01
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| description | Thoracic musculoskeletal disorders are important differential diagnoses in patients presenting to the emergency department with acute-onset chest pain. Although fractures of the ribs usually occur due to trauma, non-traumatic fractures can be seen in the setting of vigorous as well as repetitive coughing. Usually, ribs with malignant or osteoporotic involvement are susceptible to breaking. Uncommonly, cough-induced fractures have been reported in healthy young individuals. Here, we present a case of a 32-year-old healthy man who suffered a fracture of the left seventh rib following a bout of violent coughing. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0c9c55bf18e744f99644bc695a0c00852025-01-20T07:27:20ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsThe Journal of Association of Chest Physicians2320-87752023-12-0111422923110.4103/jacp.jacp_46_23An unusual case of acute chest painAnanda DattaRaghavendrun SivasankarThoracic musculoskeletal disorders are important differential diagnoses in patients presenting to the emergency department with acute-onset chest pain. Although fractures of the ribs usually occur due to trauma, non-traumatic fractures can be seen in the setting of vigorous as well as repetitive coughing. Usually, ribs with malignant or osteoporotic involvement are susceptible to breaking. Uncommonly, cough-induced fractures have been reported in healthy young individuals. Here, we present a case of a 32-year-old healthy man who suffered a fracture of the left seventh rib following a bout of violent coughing.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jacp.jacp_46_23acute chest paincoughrib fracture |
| spellingShingle | Ananda Datta Raghavendrun Sivasankar An unusual case of acute chest pain The Journal of Association of Chest Physicians acute chest pain cough rib fracture |
| title | An unusual case of acute chest pain |
| title_full | An unusual case of acute chest pain |
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| title_full_unstemmed | An unusual case of acute chest pain |
| title_short | An unusual case of acute chest pain |
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| topic | acute chest pain cough rib fracture |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jacp.jacp_46_23 |
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