Recurrent chest pain as the presenting manifestation of spinal meningioma.
We report the case of a 9-year-old boy with a spinal cord meningioma whose only manifestations were recurrent episodes of chest pain lasting for 2 years. This case shows that spinal cord meningioma should be considered among the possible causative factors of chronic chest pain in childhood.
Marseglia
G L
GL
Clinica Pediatrica dell Universita, IRCCS S Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
Savasta
S
S
Ravelli
A
A
Gaino
T M
TM
Burgio
G R
GR
D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012008:Recurrence