Khunger Arjun, Karim Mohammad, Bawek Sawyer, Kapoor Ankita, Agrawal Nikhil
Department of Hospital Medicine, PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center, Springfield, USA.
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hamot, Hamot, USA.
Cureus. 2024 Oct 16;16(10):e71622. doi: 10.7759/cureus.71622. eCollection 2024 Oct.
We present the case of a 45-year-old physically active female who presented to the cardiology clinic with subacute chest pain. Despite an extensive diagnostic cardiac workup revealing no significant findings, her chest pain persisted. The patient was finally referred to thoracic surgery for the management of severe pectus excavatum deformity, and her symptoms improved following surgical correction of the condition. Our case report details a symptomatic case of pectus excavatum, emphasizing the importance of recognizing that this condition can be associated with clinical symptoms.
我们报告一例45岁身体活跃的女性病例,该患者因亚急性胸痛就诊于心脏病诊所。尽管进行了广泛的心脏诊断检查,未发现明显异常,但她的胸痛仍持续存在。该患者最终被转诊至胸外科,以治疗严重的漏斗胸畸形,在对该病症进行手术矫正后,她的症状得到改善。我们的病例报告详细描述了一例有症状的漏斗胸病例,强调了认识到这种病症可能与临床症状相关的重要性。