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Recurrent chest pain as the presenting manifestation of spinal meningioma
Author(s) -
Marseglia GL,
Savasta S,
Ravelli A,
Gaino TM,
Burgio GR
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1995.tb13833.x
Subject(s) - medicine , meningioma , spinal cord , chest pain , surgery , back pain , anesthesia , radiology , pathology , alternative medicine , psychiatry
We report the case of a 9‐year‐old boy with a spinal cord meningioma whose only manifestations were recurrent episodes of chest pain lasting for 2 years. This case shows that spinal cord meningioma should be considered among the possible causative factors of chronic chest pain in childhood. Chest pain, meningioma, spinal tumors