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- Title
Acute Onset of Retrosternal and Epigastric Pain.
- Authors
Osborn, Heather A.; Papsin, Blake C.
- Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 15 year old healthy male admitted to the emergency department of a hospital with acute onset of severe pleuritic retrosternal and epigastric pain after swallowing a mouthful of cold soda. The findings from physical examination revealed mild epigastric tenderness. It also includes a lateral chest radiograph and computed tomography scan of the patient. The chest radiograph revealed pneumomediastinum and retropharyngeal and paratracheal air.
- Subjects
PLEURISY; ESOPHAGEAL abnormalities; SOFT drinks &; health; STERNAL gland; SOLAR plexus; MEDICAL radiography; TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENTS
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2013, Vol 309, Issue 8, p823
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2013.737