[Adolescent with chest pain: the importance of clinical suspicion]. / Adolescente con dolor precordial: la importancia de la sospecha clínica.

UNLABELLED: Introduction. Chest pain is a common complaint in children visiting the emergency department and is mostly associated with benign conditions. Although genuine cardiac causes are uncommon, potentially life threatening conditions such as the pulmonary embolism should be suspected by clinical symptoms such as dyspnoea, chest pain and syncope, either singly or in combination. CASE PRESENTATION: The authors report a case of a pulmonary embolism with deep venous thrombosis following immobilization in a 15- year-old adolescent with limb fracture. CONCLUSIONS: This case illustrates the importance of considering pulmonary embolism in the differential diagnosis of a patient who presents at a paediatric emergency department with sudden onset of chest pain and dyspnoea.

Adolescente con dolor precordial: la importancia de la sospecha clínica / Adolescent with chest pain: the importance of clinical suspicion

El dolor torácico es un motivo frecuente de consulta al departamento de emergencias pediátricas y suele estar asociado con alteraciones benignas. Aunque las causas genuinamente cardiológicas no son comunes, los trastornos potencialmente mortales, como la tromboembolia de pulmón, deberían sospecharse por síntomas como la disnea, el dolor torácico y el síncope, ya sea aislados o en combinación. Se presenta un caso de embolia pulmonar con trombosis venosa profunda en un adolescente de 15 años que había estado inmovilizado por una fractura del miembro inferior. Este caso ilustra la importancia de considerar la embolia pulmonar en el diagnóstico diferencial de un paciente que se presenta en el departamento de emergencias pediátricas con dolor torácico y disnea de comienzo súbito.(AU)

Introduction. Chest pain is a common complaint in children visiting the emergency department and is mostly associated with benign conditions. Although genuine cardiac causes are uncommon, potentially life threatening conditions such as the pulmonary embolism should be suspected by clinical symptoms such as dyspnoea, chest pain and syncope, either singly or in combination. Case presentation: The authors report a case of a pulmonary embolism with deep venous thrombosis following immobilization in a 15- year-old adolescent with limb fracture. Conclusions: This case illustrates the importance of considering pulmonary embolism in the differential diagnosis of a patient who presents at a paediatric emergency department with sudden onset of chest pain and dyspnoea.(AU)

Adolescente con dolor precordial: la importancia de la sospecha clínica / Adolescent with chest pain: the importance of clinical suspicion

El dolor torácico es un motivo frecuente de consulta al departamento de emergencias pediátricas y suele estar asociado con alteraciones benignas. Aunque las causas genuinamente cardiológicas no son comunes, los trastornos potencialmente mortales, como la tromboembolia de pulmón, deberían sospecharse por síntomas como la disnea, el dolor torácico y el síncope, ya sea aislados o en combinación. Se presenta un caso de embolia pulmonar con trombosis venosa profunda en un adolescente de 15 años que había estado inmovilizado por una fractura del miembro inferior. Este caso ilustra la importancia de considerar la embolia pulmonar en el diagnóstico diferencial de un paciente que se presenta en el departamento de emergencias pediátricas con dolor torácico y disnea de comienzo súbito.

Introduction. Chest pain is a common complaint in children visiting the emergency department and is mostly associated with benign conditions. Although genuine cardiac causes are uncommon, potentially life threatening conditions such as the pulmonary embolism should be suspected by clinical symptoms such as dyspnoea, chest pain and syncope, either singly or in combination. Case presentation: The authors report a case of a pulmonary embolism with deep venous thrombosis following immobilization in a 15- year-old adolescent with limb fracture. Conclusions: This case illustrates the importance of considering pulmonary embolism in the differential diagnosis of a patient who presents at a paediatric emergency department with sudden onset of chest pain and dyspnoea.

Adolescente con dolor precordial: la importancia de la sospecha clínica. / [Adolescent with chest pain: the importance of clinical suspicion].

UNLABELLED: Introduction. Chest pain is a common complaint in children visiting the emergency department and is mostly associated with benign conditions. Although genuine cardiac causes are uncommon, potentially life threatening conditions such as the pulmonary embolism should be suspected by clinical symptoms such as dyspnoea, chest pain and syncope, either singly or in combination. CASE PRESENTATION: The authors report a case of a pulmonary embolism with deep venous thrombosis following immobilization in a 15- year-old adolescent with limb fracture. CONCLUSIONS: This case illustrates the importance of considering pulmonary embolism in the differential diagnosis of a patient who presents at a paediatric emergency department with sudden onset of chest pain and dyspnoea.