[Gastrointestinal malformations: a cause of chest pain].
Chest pain is an uncommon cause of consultation in childhood and is even less frequent if resulting from digestive causes. We present the cases of two patients with gastrointestinal tract malformations (diverticulum and esophageal duplication cyst) diagnosed after investigation of chest pain. A potential etiology of diverticulum could be a traction effect caused by fibrous adenopathy of tuberculous primary infection. Duplication cysts are inborn defects. Although these malformations are uncommon, clinicians should take them into account in patients with chest pain.
González de Zárate Lorente
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Servicio de Hepatología, Hospital Universitario La Paz. Madrid, España. anagzarate18@yahoo.es
Barrio Gómez de Agüero
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Molina Arias
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Martínez Carrasco
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Antelo Landeira
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D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D045723:Diverticulosis, Esophageal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D004934:Esophageal Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed