Essential thrombocythemia, unremarkable cause of atypical chest pain with simple yet effective treatment: a case report.
BACKGROUND
The cause of chest pain in patients presenting to the emergency room often remains unclear. We present a case of essential thrombocythemia as a novel cause of atypical chest pain, which responded dramatically to a simple treatment intervention.


METHODS
A 54-year-old patient presenting with atypical chest pain was found to have essential thrombocythemia as a cause for her chest pain. She responded dramatically to aspirin therapy and had no recurrence of symptoms over 3 months.


CONCLUSIONS
Essential thrombocythemia should be considered as a differential cause in patient presenting with atypical chest pain, vasomotor symptoms and high platelet counts. These symptoms are generally more bothersome than dangerous and are usually controlled by low dose aspirin therapy.
Patel
Kevin J
KJ
Department of Medicine, Michigan State University, B301 MSU Clinical Center, 138 Service Road, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. kpatel@msu.edu
Banga
Amit
A
Latif
Shahibzada U
SU