Open AccessDiverticulitis in the sigmoid colon presenting with only lower anterior chest pain
Author(s) -
Tago Masaki,
Hirata Risa,
Hisata Yoshio,
Satsuki Oie,
Yoshinori Tokushima,
Aihara Hidetoshi,
Fujiwara Motoshi,
Yamashita Shuichi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.3533
Subject(s) - medicine , diverticulitis , sigmoid colon , chest pain , abdominal pain , sigmoid function , surgery , general surgery , rectum , machine learning , artificial neural network , computer science
An 80‐year‐old man who presented with only lower anterior chest pain was diagnosed as sigmoid colon diverticulitis. His chest pain was considered to be referred pain from a disease at sigmoid colon, which should be suspected when other major causes of chest pain are excluded.