| Acute myocardial infarction presenting with pharyngeal pain alone. | |
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PMID: 20634021 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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BACKGROUND: Pharyngeal pain alone due to acute myocardial infarction is rare. CASE REPORT: A 37-year-old man felt sudden pharyngeal pain. He was transferred to a medical facility under a misdiagnosis of pharyngitis. However, he was thereafter found to have acute myocardial infarction and thus was transferred to another hospital. An emergency coronary angiogram revealed complete occlusion of the right coronary artery and he underwent coronary angioplasty. The patient was later discharged ambulatory. CONCLUSION: A misdiagnosis of acute myocardial infarction can lead to unfavorable outcomes; therefore, physicians or emergency medical technicians should be aware of this disease even when a patient complains of sudden pharyngeal pain alone. |
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Youichi Yanagawa; Masahiko Nishimura; Jihei Ohkawara; Kotaro Hasegawa; Masahisa Yamane |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-07-15 |
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Title: The Journal of emergency medicine Volume: 43 ISSN: 0736-4679 ISO Abbreviation: J Emerg Med Publication Date: 2012 Nov |
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Created Date: 2012-11-12 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8412174 Medline TA: J Emerg Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: e287-8 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Department of Traumatology and Critical Care Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan. |
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