Korean J Anesthesiol.  2007 Nov;53(5):680-682. 10.4097/kjae.2007.53.5.680.

Chest Pain Caused by the Trigger Points in the Scalenus Muscle: A case report

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  • 1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. torchid@korea.ac.kr

Abstract

Myofascial pain syndrome is very common disease but cause symptoms that are easily misdiagnosed as other conditions. The authors report a case of chest pain caused by the trigger points in the scalenus muscle. A 43 year-old man had chest pain without any history of trauma or infection. And, there were not any abnormal findings by cardiology and pulmonary evaluation. On physical examination, the scalenus muscle had the trigger points, and the chest pain was successfully treated by trigger point injections.

Keyword

chest pain; myofascial pain syndrome; scalenus muscle; trigger point injection

MeSH Terms

Adult
Cardiology
Chest Pain*
Humans
Myofascial Pain Syndromes
Physical Examination
Thorax*
Trigger Points*
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