Burning chest pain

MedGen UID:: 1720373
•Concept ID:: C0235716
•: Sign or Symptom

Synonym:	Burning Chest Pain
SNOMED CT:	Burning chest pain (1264062004)

Definition

The sensation of chest pain described as an intense discomfort, similar to that experience as a result of a thermal burn, distinct from sharp, stabbing or aching, often related to nerves; sometimes used to describe gastric or esophageal pain. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

GTR
MeSH

CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVBurning chest pain

Phenotypic abnormality
- Constitutional symptom
  - Pain
    - Burning pain
      - Burning chest pain

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Pleuritic Chest Pain: Sorting Through the Differential Diagnosis.

Reamy BV, Williams PM, Odom MR
Am Fam Physician 2017 Sep 1;96(5):306-312. PMID: 28925655

Prehospital treatment of burns: a qualitative study of experiences, perceptions and reactions of victims.

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Airway management of recovered pediatric patients with severe head and neck burns: a review.

Caruso TJ, Janik LS, Fuzaylov G
Paediatr Anaesth 2012 May;22(5):462-8. Epub 2012 Jan 19 doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2012.03795.x. PMID: 22260458

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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Capsaicin induction of esophageal symptoms in different phenotypes of gastroesophageal reflux disease.

Herrera-López JA, Mejía-Rivas MA, Vargas-Vorackova F, Valdovinos-Díaz MA
Rev Gastroenterol Mex 2010 Oct-Dec;75(4):396-404. PMID: 21169106

Spontaneous coronary artery spasm documented in a young woman. A case report.

Campeau RJ, Spellman JG, Tenaglia AN
Clin Nucl Med 1996 Jun;21(6):452-5. doi: 10.1097/00003072-199606000-00003. PMID: 8744178

Esophageal body motor disturbances in gastroesophageal reflux and the effects of fundoplication.

Johansson KE, Tibbling L
Scand J Gastroenterol Suppl 1988;155:82-8. doi: 10.3109/00365528809096289. PMID: 3245004

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Diagnosis

Esophageal Actinomycosis in an Immunocompetent Patient Mimicking Carcinoma: A Case Report.

Poudel S, Sapkota A, Devkota R, Poudel SC, Dangol A
JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc 2022 Jun 1;60(250):559-561. doi: 10.31729/jnma.7354. PMID: 35690985 Free PMC Article

Variant angina induced by carbon monoxide poisoning: A CARE compliant case report.

Song L, Bian G, Yang W, Li HF
Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Apr;98(16):e15056. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000015056. PMID: 31008930 Free PMC Article

Idiopathic spinal cord herniation: an imaging diagnosis with a significant delay.

Carter BJ, Griffith BD, Schultz LR, Abdulhak MM, Newman DS, Jain R
Spine J 2015 Sep 1;15(9):1943-8. Epub 2015 Apr 6 doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2015.04.013. PMID: 25857588

Capsaicin induction of esophageal symptoms in different phenotypes of gastroesophageal reflux disease.

Herrera-López JA, Mejía-Rivas MA, Vargas-Vorackova F, Valdovinos-Díaz MA
Rev Gastroenterol Mex 2010 Oct-Dec;75(4):396-404. PMID: 21169106

Symptoms, gastric function, and psychosocial factors in functional dyspepsia.

Jones MP, Maganti K
J Clin Gastroenterol 2004 Nov-Dec;38(10):866-72. doi: 10.1097/00004836-200411000-00006. PMID: 15492602

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Therapy

Severe abacavir hypersensitivity reaction in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection: a case report.

Koech MK, Ali SM, Karoney MJ, Kigen G
J Med Case Rep 2022 Nov 8;16(1):407. doi: 10.1186/s13256-022-03647-6. PMID: 36345015 Free PMC Article

Esophageal Actinomycosis in an Immunocompetent Patient Mimicking Carcinoma: A Case Report.

Poudel S, Sapkota A, Devkota R, Poudel SC, Dangol A
JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc 2022 Jun 1;60(250):559-561. doi: 10.31729/jnma.7354. PMID: 35690985 Free PMC Article

Capsaicin induction of esophageal symptoms in different phenotypes of gastroesophageal reflux disease.

Herrera-López JA, Mejía-Rivas MA, Vargas-Vorackova F, Valdovinos-Díaz MA
Rev Gastroenterol Mex 2010 Oct-Dec;75(4):396-404. PMID: 21169106

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