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Case Reports
. 1998 Mar;16(2):177-8.
doi: 10.1016/s0735-6757(98)90041-9.

Xiphodynia masking acute myocardial infarction: a diagnostic cul-de-sac

W Koren  1 , A Shahar
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Xiphodynia masking acute myocardial infarction: a diagnostic cul-de-sac

W Koren et al. Am J Emerg Med. 1998 Mar.

Abstract

A 52-year-old hypertensive woman is described in whom a clinically evident diagnosis of xiphodynia, the painful xiphoid process, complicated the diagnosis of impending myocardial infarction. The authors suggest that xiphodynia be considered a second-line assumption after more dangerous conditions have been thoroughly ruled out.

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