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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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