Case Report

Is Every Chest Pain from Cardiac Origin?

Volume: 18 Number: 3 December 15, 2016
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Is Every Chest Pain from Cardiac Origin?

Abstract

Pneumomediastinum is the presence of air in the mediastinum. It can be divided into two as spontaneous and skonder pneumomediastinum. Spontaneous pneumomediastinum is a self-limitting rare clinical entity with good prognosis without an apparent cause. It occurs in young male patients most frequently. It is a benign disease with symptoms such as chest pain, dyspnea, coughing, odinophagia, subcutaneous emphysema, swelling of neck. Chest pain and subcutaneous emphysema are most common symptoms. Most of the patients admit to emergency department (ED) with chest pain. Plain chest radiogram is often adequate for diagnosis but computarized tomography (CT) is golden standard.

We aimed to present the patient that admitted to ED with chest pain, whose chest radiogram was clear but thorax CT was performed because of clinical suspicion and diagnosed with pneumomediastinum. 

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Health Care Administration

Journal Section

Case Report

Authors

Elnare Günal
KAFKAS ÜNİVERSİTESİ, FEN-EDEBİYAT FAKÜLTESİ, BATI DİLLERİ VE EDEBİYATLARI BÖLÜMÜ, İNGİLİZ DİLİ VE EDEBİYATI ANABİLİM DALI
Türkiye

Publication Date

December 15, 2016

Submission Date

September 7, 2016

Acceptance Date

December 12, 2016

Published in Issue

Year 2016 Volume: 18 Number: 3

APA
Günal, E., Çığşar, G., Tur, B. K., Kahramanca, Ş., Çiftçi, H., Yıldırım, A. C., Atalay, E., & Anuk, T. (2016). Is Every Chest Pain from Cardiac Origin? The Journal of Kırıkkale University Faculty of Medicine, 18(3), 157-160. https://doi.org/10.24938/kutfd.272724
AMA
1.Günal E, Çığşar G, Tur BK, et al. Is Every Chest Pain from Cardiac Origin? Kırıkkale Uni Med J. 2016;18(3):157-160. doi:10.24938/kutfd.272724
Chicago
Günal, Elnare, Gülşen Çığşar, Bilge Kağan Tur, et al. 2016. “Is Every Chest Pain from Cardiac Origin?”. The Journal of Kırıkkale University Faculty of Medicine 18 (3): 157-60. https://doi.org/10.24938/kutfd.272724.
EndNote
Günal E, Çığşar G, Tur BK, Kahramanca Ş, Çiftçi H, Yıldırım AC, Atalay E, Anuk T (December 1, 2016) Is Every Chest Pain from Cardiac Origin? The Journal of Kırıkkale University Faculty of Medicine 18 3 157–160.
IEEE
[1]E. Günal et al., “Is Every Chest Pain from Cardiac Origin?”, Kırıkkale Uni Med J, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 157–160, Dec. 2016, doi: 10.24938/kutfd.272724.
ISNAD
Günal, Elnare - Çığşar, Gülşen - Tur, Bilge Kağan - Kahramanca, Şahin - Çiftçi, Handan - Yıldırım, Ali Cihat - Atalay, Eray - Anuk, Turgut. “Is Every Chest Pain from Cardiac Origin?”. The Journal of Kırıkkale University Faculty of Medicine 18/3 (December 1, 2016): 157-160. https://doi.org/10.24938/kutfd.272724.
JAMA
1.Günal E, Çığşar G, Tur BK, Kahramanca Ş, Çiftçi H, Yıldırım AC, Atalay E, Anuk T. Is Every Chest Pain from Cardiac Origin? Kırıkkale Uni Med J. 2016;18:157–160.
MLA
Günal, Elnare, et al. “Is Every Chest Pain from Cardiac Origin?”. The Journal of Kırıkkale University Faculty of Medicine, vol. 18, no. 3, Dec. 2016, pp. 157-60, doi:10.24938/kutfd.272724.
Vancouver
1.Elnare Günal, Gülşen Çığşar, Bilge Kağan Tur, Şahin Kahramanca, Handan Çiftçi, Ali Cihat Yıldırım, Eray Atalay, Turgut Anuk. Is Every Chest Pain from Cardiac Origin? Kırıkkale Uni Med J. 2016 Dec. 1;18(3):157-60. doi:10.24938/kutfd.272724

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