title: Three unusual presentations of interscapular back pain.
abstract: Three cases of central thoracic back pain are presented. All were diagnostic brain teasers that baffled several practitioners and consultants. The cases represented unusual presentations of malignant disease, myocardial infarction and duodenal ulceration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Monash University, Box Hill.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Murtagh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010438:Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*