title: Pleuritic chest pain in a young female: a reminder for acute health care providers.
abstract: Chest pain is one of the most common reasons for emergency department visits. Emergency medicine doctors should focus their initial assessment on patients' stability. History, physical examination, and ancillary testing should exclude serious causes such as acute coronary syndrome, acute aortic syndromes, pulmonary embolism, pneumothorax, esophageal perforation, and rupture as well as pericardial tamponade. Young age should not be used alone as a predictor of a benign condition. Below we present a case of a 24-year-old female who was found to have ascending aortic dissection and was sent for emergent surgery.
authors.affiliation: Saint Joseph Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, 2900 North Lake Shore, Chicago, IL 60657, USA.
authors.forename: Aibek E
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-1604-1053
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Mirrakhimov
authors.affiliation: Saint Joseph Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, 2900 North Lake Shore, Chicago, IL 60657, USA.
authors.forename: Alaa M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.affiliation: Saint Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, 2233 West Division Street, Chicago, IL 60622, USA.
authors.forename: Carolyn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stroncek