chest pain/hemorrhage

A 39-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with symptoms of acute knifelike chest pain and was discharged with a diagnosis of musculoskeletal pain syndrome. One day later, she returned with a complaint of persistent chest pain. Physical examination disclosed meningismus, this led to a

Spinal perimedullary arteriovenous fistula (AVF) or dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF) presenting as intracranial subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) is uncommon. A total of 16 cases have been reported to date. A majority of the reports described cervical spinal DAVF, while two other case reports

A 53-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for treatment of fever and chest pain. Chest computed tomography showed an anterior mediastinal cystic tumor 39×57 mm in size surrounded by fat with edema and left pleural effusion. After one course of antibiotic administration, the edema of fat

METHODS A 41-year-old man was admitted, in reduced general condition, having for several hours experienced acute left chest pain and dyspnoea. On examination there was dullness on percussion over the base of the left lung with decreased breath sounds. At the age of 28 years he had been placed on

A 79-year-old woman presented to the accident and emergency department with a short history of central chest pain radiating to the arm and epigastrum, associated with vomiting. There was no history of haematemesis and no recent change of bowel habit or melaena. She had a myocardial infarction 4

Esophageal manometry is crucial in the evaluation of patients suspected of having angina pectoris, but in whom there is no discernible evidence of cardiac disease. A frequent problem is whether to attribute bleeding to a vascular ectasia or to diverticulosis, when bleeding from the lesion is neither

A case of chest pain in a 31-year-old woman after vaginal delivery with epidural analgesia during sulprostone administration is described. Chest pain occurred shortly after sulprostone was started and disappeared when sulprostone was stopped. Ischaemia related data were negative. Angiographically

Abdominal pain is a frequent presenting complaint in pediatric patients seeking acute medical care. We report the case of an adolescent female who presented with nonspecific complaints of chest pain, faintness, and weight loss and whose diagnosis was determined only after the disclosure of

We present an unusual case of spontaneous renal subcapsular haematoma in a normal kidney presenting with pleuritic chest pain and mimicking pulmonary embolism. The literature suggests that the majority of these cases occur in association with renal tumours and that the diagnosis can best be made by

Spontaneous, non-traumatic intra-cerebral haemorrhage is the second most common type of stroke and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. It is defined as the presence of blood within the cerebral parenchyma without prior injury or surgery. The purpose of this work is to describe an

BACKGROUND Gastrointestinal stomal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract, and the stomach is the most commonly involved organ. Complete surgical resection with negative margins is the primary and only potentially curative treatment. Surgeon experience

A 51-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with cough, hemosputum, dyspnea and chest pain. Chest high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) revealed diffuse ground-glass opacities in both lungs with peripheral predominance. Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid was fresh-bloody and analysis indicated an

N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate, a tissue adhesive that polymerizes on contact with weak bases such as blood, is being used widely outside the United States to obliterate gastric varices. Embolization of this material can occur via portosystemic shunts. We report a case of pulmonary embolization of 2-octyl