Oral magnesium supplement induced acute retrosternal chest pain: An esophageal ulcer due to a less well-known cause
Özge Çetinarslan1
, Cansu Akdeniz1, Süleyman Uraz2, Didem Dikerdem3, Çavlan Çiftçi1, Nuran Yazıcıoğlu1
1Department of Cardiology, Demiroğlu Bilim University, Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
2Department of Gastroenterology, Demiroğlu Bilim University, Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
3Department of Internal Medicine, Ataşehir Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
Keywords: Acute coronary syndrome, angina pectoris, general cardiology, non-cardiac chest pain.
Abstract
Retrosternal chest pain is the most common complaint of all emergency room visits. Once life-threatening causes have been thoroughly ruled out, other pathologies with favorable prognoses may be omitted. In this case report, we introduced a 79-year-old female patient with an esophageal ulcer who was complaining of severe acute onset retrosternal chest pain.
Cite this article as: Çetinarslan Ö, Akdeniz C, Uraz S, Dikerdem D, Çiftçi Ç, Yazıcıoğlu N. Oral magnesium supplement induced acute retrosternal chest pain: An esophageal ulcer due to a less well-known cause. D J Med Sci 2022;8(1):26-29.
Informed consent was obtained from the patient.
Data Sharing Statement: The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Data collection, literature review, design: Ö.Ç., N.Y.; Interpretation: C.A., Ö.Ç., N.Y.; References, writing: Ö.Ç., Materials: Ö.Ç., S.U.; Control/supervision, critical review: N.Y., Ç.Ç.; Idea/concept: N.Y.
The authors declared no conflicts of interest with respect to the authorship and/ or publication of this article.
The authors received no financial support for the research and/or authorship of this article.