• Chest · Dec 2020

    Case Reports

    A 9-Year-Old Boy With Recurrent Chest Pain and Nonresolving Pneumonia.

    • Dvir Gatt, Micha Aviram, Khaled Alasad, Shalom Ben-Shimol, Benjamin Hyatt Taragin, and Inbal Golan-Tripto.
    • Department of Pediatrics, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva; Pediatric Pulmonary Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva; Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel. Electronic address: dvirgatt@gmail.com.
    • Chest. 2020 Dec 1; 158 (6): e289-e293.

    Case PresentationA previously healthy, 9-year-old boy presented with five recurrent episodes of left-sided chest pain with low-grade fever over the last 18 months. The pain usually lasted for few hours, was severe and consistent, and resolved spontaneously. It worsened during inspiration, physical activity, and swallowing. He did not experience any cough, dyspnea, chills, cold sweats, or weight loss. His medical and family history was unremarkable.Copyright © 2020 American College of Chest Physicians. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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