Atypical chest pain

Pol Arch Med Wewn. 2008 Nov;118(11):675-8.

Abstract

Chest pain is a common reason why patients seek medical consultation. Chest pain can be caused by life-threatening diseases and requires extensive diagnostic evaluation, especially to exclude acute cardiac pathologies. However, in the case of atypical chest pain with a normal electrocardiogram and serum levels of myocardial necrosis markers with in the reference ranges, non-cardiac causes of chest pain should be considered. This report describes the case of a 90-year-old female patient with recurrent chest pain who was eventually diagnosed with osteoporotic vertebral fractures of the thoracic spine.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Chest Pain / etiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / complications
  • Spinal Fractures / complications*
  • Spinal Fractures / diagnosis*
  • Spinal Fractures / etiology
  • Thoracic Vertebrae / injuries*