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| Title: | Unusual chest wall pain caused by thoracic disc herniation in a professional baseball pitcher |
| Authors: | Kato, Kinshi
Yabuki, Shoji
Otani, Koji
Nikaido, Takuya
Otoshi, Ken-Ichi
Watanabe, Kazuyuki
Kikuchi, Shin-Ichi
Konno, Shin-Ichi |
| Affiliation: | 整形外科学講座 |
| Source title: | Fukushima Journal of Medical Science |
| Volume: | 62 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start page: | 64 |
| End page: | 67 |
| Issue Date: | 2016 |
| Abstract: | Symptomatic thoracic disc herniation is clinically rare. There are few cases of disc herniation of the thoracic spine in top athletes described in the literature. We herein present a rare case of chest wall pain due to thoracic disc herniation in a professional baseball pitcher. A 30-year-old, left-handed pitcher complained of left-sided chest wall pain in the region of his lower ribs during a game. Neurological examination revealed hypoesthesia of the left side of the chest at the level of the lower thoracic spine. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the thoracic spine showed a left-sided paramedian disc herniation at the T9-T10 level. The player was initially prescribed rest, administration of pregabalin (150 mg twice a day), and subsequent physical rehabilitation. He was able to resume full training and pitching without medication 6 months after the onset. A follow-up MRI of the thoracic spine showed a reduction in the size of the herniated disc compared to the initial findings. Though relatively rare, thoracic disc herniation should be considered in cases of chest wall pain in athletes. |
| Publisher: | The Fukushima Society of Medical Science |
| Publisher (Alternative foam): | 福島医学会 |
| language: | eng |
| URI: | http://ir.fmu.ac.jp/dspace/handle/123456789/522 |
| Full text URL: | http://ir.fmu.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/123456789/522/1/FksmJMedSci_62_p64.pdf |
| ISSN: | 0016-2590
2185-4610 |
| DOI: | 10.5387/fms.2015-25 |
| PubMed ID: | 26983590 |
| Related Page: | http://doi.org/10.5387/fms.2015-25 |
| Rights: | © 2016 The Fukushima Society of Medical Science |
| Appears in Collections: | Vol.62 (2016)
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