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A case from the library

Central chest pain in a 24-year-old man

CardiologyMedium

Marcus Bell

24 years · Male

Vitals

Heart rate
116 bpm
Blood pressure
124/76 mmHg
Resp. rate
18 /min
SpO₂
98%
Temperature
99.5 °F

How hard it is

A real-world presentation with one or two atypical features. You'll need targeted questions and the right test to narrow the differential.

The diagnosis is not shown here. Finding it is the case.

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Source

Adapted from a case report published in Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, under the CC BY 4.0 license. The patient's name and some details are invented; the clinical picture follows the report. The report names the diagnosis.