A case of a woman with chest pain was identified as Bornholm disease secondary to Coxsackievirus B5 infection, highlighting a non-lethal, often forgotten etiology of acute chest pain.
Case Report (n=1)
Awareness of Bornholm disease as a cause of acute chest pain can help avoid extensive and expensive cardiac diagnostic workups.
Chest pain is a common symptom culminating in hospital admissions and specialist referrals. Although cardiac work up is pursued in most of the cases, cardiac etiology is found to be the culprit in minority of the cases. Acute chest pain is a clinical syndrome that may be caused by almost any condition affecting the thorax, abdomen, or internal organs. On occasions this extensive and expensive diagnostic work up can be avoided with awareness of commoner and non-lethal reasons. We report a case of a woman with Bornholm disease secondary to Coxsackievirus B5 (CB5) infection and supplementary review of literature till date.
Lal et al. (Mon,) conducted a case report in Bornholm disease / Chest pain (n=1). Coxsackievirus B5 (CB5) infection was evaluated. A case of a woman with chest pain was identified as Bornholm disease secondary to Coxsackievirus B5 infection, highlighting a non-lethal, often forgotten etiology of acute chest pain.
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