Psychogenic chest pain in children.
Thirty-six children with psychogenic chest pain were studied. A specific stressful situation causally related to the onset of symptoms could be identified in most patients with psychogenic chest pain. Fifty-five per cent of children with psychogenic chest pain had a history of other recurrent somatic complaints and 30% had a history of significant sleep disturbances.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*; D013909:Thorax