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Radiating Chest Pain in Sternum

MedGen UID:
1716794
•Concept ID:
C5238567
•
Finding

Definition

The location of the radiating chest pain is in the middle of the anterior wall of the thorax, bounded by the clavicles, above, and with the cartilages of the first seven ribs, along the sides. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVRadiating Chest Pain in Sternum

Professional guidelines

PubMed

A single-institutional, multidisciplinary approach to primary sarcomas involving the chest wall requiring full-thickness resections.
Walsh GL, Davis BM, Swisher SG, Vaporciyan AA, Smythe WR, Willis-Merriman K, Roth JA, Putnam JB Jr
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 Jan;121(1):48-60. doi: 10.1067/mtc.2001.111381. PMID: 11135159

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

A single-institutional, multidisciplinary approach to primary sarcomas involving the chest wall requiring full-thickness resections.
Walsh GL, Davis BM, Swisher SG, Vaporciyan AA, Smythe WR, Willis-Merriman K, Roth JA, Putnam JB Jr
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 Jan;121(1):48-60. doi: 10.1067/mtc.2001.111381. PMID: 11135159
Predictors of survival in malignant tumors of the sternum.
Martini N, Huvos AG, Burt ME, Heelan RT, Bains MS, McCormack PM, Rusch VW, Weber M, Downey RJ, Ginsberg RJ
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 Jan;111(1):96-105; discussion 105-6. doi: 10.1016/S0022-5223(96)70405-1. PMID: 8551793

Diagnosis

Xiphodynia with limited decrease in the xiphoid process-sternal angle but recognised compression of the rectus abdominis.
Ono R, Horibata K
BMJ Case Rep 2024 Feb 7;17(2) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2023-259176. PMID: 38331450Free PMC Article
Extranodal Rosai-Dorfman Disease: a rare presentation involving anterior chest wall in a middle-aged female.
Agarwal A, Ravindran A, Donahue J, Eltoum IE, Abozeed M
Skeletal Radiol 2024 Mar;53(3):589-594. Epub 2023 Aug 21 doi: 10.1007/s00256-023-04427-z. PMID: 37603054
Tietze's syndrome presenting as enthesitis diagnosed by ultrasound: A case report.
Miyoshi Y, Misaki K
Mod Rheumatol Case Rep 2023 Jan 3;7(1):223-226. doi: 10.1093/mrcr/rxac022. PMID: 35284937
Diffuse muscoskeletal pain and proximal myopathy: do not forget hypovitaminosis D.
Fabbriciani G, Pirro M, Leli C, Cecchetti A, Callarelli L, Rinonapoli G, Scarponi AM, Mannarino E
J Clin Rheumatol 2010 Jan;16(1):34-7. doi: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e3181c3b2c0. PMID: 20051755
Inflammatory sternal metastasis heralding lung cancer: two cases.
Bachmeyer C, Langman B, Kazerouni F, Charoud A, Mougeot-Martin M
Clin Rheumatol 2006 May;25(3):409-11. Epub 2005 Oct 12 doi: 10.1007/s10067-005-0019-y. PMID: 16220226

Therapy

Diffuse muscoskeletal pain and proximal myopathy: do not forget hypovitaminosis D.
Fabbriciani G, Pirro M, Leli C, Cecchetti A, Callarelli L, Rinonapoli G, Scarponi AM, Mannarino E
J Clin Rheumatol 2010 Jan;16(1):34-7. doi: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e3181c3b2c0. PMID: 20051755
Percutaneous combined therapy for painful sternal metastases: a radiofrequency thermal ablation (RFTA) and cementoplasty protocol.
Masala S, Manenti G, Roselli M, Mammucari M, Bartolucci DA, Formica V, Massari F, Simonetti G
Anticancer Res 2007 Nov-Dec;27(6C):4259-62. PMID: 18214029

Prognosis

Tietze's syndrome presenting as enthesitis diagnosed by ultrasound: A case report.
Miyoshi Y, Misaki K
Mod Rheumatol Case Rep 2023 Jan 3;7(1):223-226. doi: 10.1093/mrcr/rxac022. PMID: 35284937
A single-institutional, multidisciplinary approach to primary sarcomas involving the chest wall requiring full-thickness resections.
Walsh GL, Davis BM, Swisher SG, Vaporciyan AA, Smythe WR, Willis-Merriman K, Roth JA, Putnam JB Jr
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 Jan;121(1):48-60. doi: 10.1067/mtc.2001.111381. PMID: 11135159
Predictors of survival in malignant tumors of the sternum.
Martini N, Huvos AG, Burt ME, Heelan RT, Bains MS, McCormack PM, Rusch VW, Weber M, Downey RJ, Ginsberg RJ
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 Jan;111(1):96-105; discussion 105-6. doi: 10.1016/S0022-5223(96)70405-1. PMID: 8551793

Clinical prediction guides

Xiphodynia with limited decrease in the xiphoid process-sternal angle but recognised compression of the rectus abdominis.
Ono R, Horibata K
BMJ Case Rep 2024 Feb 7;17(2) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2023-259176. PMID: 38331450Free PMC Article
Does nonexistent of your hands on the screen guarantee no radiation exposure to your body? - Study on exposure of the practitioner's hands to radiation during C-arm fluoroscopy-guided injections and effectiveness of a new shielding device.
Lee JE, Kim JH, Lee SJ, Kim M, Nam TW, Kim CH, Jung TD, Hwang JM
Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Nov;98(46):e17959. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000017959. PMID: 31725656Free PMC Article
Predictors of survival in malignant tumors of the sternum.
Martini N, Huvos AG, Burt ME, Heelan RT, Bains MS, McCormack PM, Rusch VW, Weber M, Downey RJ, Ginsberg RJ
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 Jan;111(1):96-105; discussion 105-6. doi: 10.1016/S0022-5223(96)70405-1. PMID: 8551793

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