title: [A young man with recurrent chest pain].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Pericarditis is seen quite often in daily clinical practice. It is a condition that is fairly easy to diagnose, but which frequently recurs.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 23-year-old man suffered from recurring episodes of chest pain which, following further investigation, appeared to be a result of pericarditis. MRI revealed indications for acute exacerbation of chronic pericarditis. Additional investigation showed no underlying cause for the pericarditis. After long-term medication with calcium carbasalate and colchicine there was no recurrence and the patient was able to function as before.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Chest pain in young people can be a symptom of pericarditis. This condition quite often recurs, but in most patients no underlying cause is revealed. Adequate medication with calcium carbasalate and colchicine reduces the chance of recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Isala Klinieken, Afd. Cardiologie, Zwolle, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Rik
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Steenmeijer
authors.forename: Jan-Henk H E
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Dambrink
authors.forename: Martijn F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Boomsma
mesh_terms: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001241:Aspirin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D003078:Colchicine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D014508:Urea / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D014508:Urea; C002942:carbaspirin calcium; D001241:Aspirin; D003078:Colchicine