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Clinical Pathologic Conference: A 65‐year‐old Male With Left‐Sided Chest Pain. A Case of an Unexpected Occupational Hazard
Author(s) -
Egan Daniel J.,
Pare Joseph R.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
academic emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1553-2712
pISSN - 1069-6563
DOI - 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01269.x
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , chest pain , presentation (obstetrics) , medical diagnosis , differential diagnosis , abnormality , physical therapy , radiology , surgery , pathology , psychiatry
ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2012; 19:e1–30 © 2012 by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Abstract The authors present a case of a 65‐year‐old male who presented four times to the emergency department (ED) with left‐sided chest pain. On the first three visits, the patient was admitted with a different diagnosis related to his chest pain. On the final visit, an abnormality on an imaging study performed in the ED led to the ultimate diagnostic test revealing the cause of the patient’s symptoms. The patient’s clinical presentation and ultimate clinical course are summarized, and a discussion of the differential diagnoses of his condition is presented.