Chest wall syndrome is the most frequent cause of chest pain complained by patients admitted to physician’s office, in outward as well emergency department. It may affect all ages with sex ratio 1:1 between man and woman. History illness sensibility palpation or tenderness were keys diagnostic approach. Pain was generally moderate, localized, continuous intermittent over a number hours days wee...

Between 1994 and 2012, chest wall resection and reconstruction were performed 15 patients (16 cases) with primary chest wall tumors, metastatic tumors. and chest wall recurrence of breast carcinoma. In all the patients, reconstruction of the chest wall was performed using layers of polypropylene Marlex mesh sheets. In 9 patients, only Marlex mesh sheets were used. The post-operative course was ...

A 73-year-old woman presented to our institution with an abnormal shadow on chest radiography. The patient was a nonsmoker and enjoyed good past health. There were no constitutional symptoms. She was completely asymptomatic during exercise and at rest. An ECG (Figure 1) showed normal sinus rhythm. A posteroanterior view of the chest radiograph (Figure 2) showed a well-circumscribed roundish mas...

Forty patients with severe chronic stable airflow obstruction and hyperinflation were studied to assess patterns of abnormal chest wall motion and their frequency. Dimensional changes were measured during tidal breathing, four pairs of magnetometers being used to record anteroposterior diameters of ribcage and abdomen and two lateral diameters of the ribcage. Chest wall movements were qualitati...

OBJECTIVES This study was done to determine whether electrocardiographic (ECG) isolated ST-segment elevation (ST) in posterior chest leads can establish the diagnosis of acute posterior infarction in patients with ischemic chest pain and to describe the clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of these patients. BACKGROUND The absence of ST on the standard 12-lead ECG in many patients w...

this study aimed to evaluate the effect of aerobic training with increased resistance of chest wall movement on ventilatory efficiency and pulmonary functions in untrained students. 18 untrained healthy male university students volunteered to participate in this study and were divided into two groups. they performed aerobic training with 70% – 80% of hrmax, three days a week for four weeks¬. ex...

To cite: Patra S, Math RS, Shankarappa RK, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013200799 DESCRIPTION A 76-year-old woman was admitted with acute onset of breathlessness with lethargy since the last 3 days. She was a known patient with hypertension and diabetes. On clinical examination, she had an engorged neck vein, tachycardia and tachypnoea, ...