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ArticleBMC pulmonary medicine2025

The impostor of chest pain: a case of lung cancer mimicking angina.

Dingshan Zhang, Mingtai Chen, Xin Zhou, Yanneng Xu, Yiwei Zeng, Xiaoqin Luo, Ping Liu, Lingling Liang, Yunmei Qian, Gang Luo and 2 more

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Article in BMC pulmonary medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Dingshan ZhangDepartment of Cardiovascular Disease, The Affiliated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, Sichuan, China.
Mingtai ChenDepartment of Cardiovascular Disease, Shenzhen Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Shenzhen, 518033, Guangdong, China.
Xin ZhouDepartment of Spleen and Stomach Diseases, The Affiliated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, Sichuan, China.
Yanneng XuDepartment of Interventional Radiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, Sichuan, China.
Yiwei ZengDepartment of integrated Chinese and Western medicine, Sichuan Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sichuan Cancer Hospital & Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610000, Sichuan, China.
Xiaoqin LuoDepartment of Otolaryngology, The Affiliated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, Sichuan, China.
Ping LiuDepartment of Cardiovascular Disease, The Affiliated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, Sichuan, China.
Lingling LiangDepartment of Cardiovascular Disease, The Affiliated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, Sichuan, China.
Yunmei QianDepartment of Cardiovascular Disease, The Affiliated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, Sichuan, China.
Gang LuoDepartment of Cardiovascular Disease, The Affiliated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, Sichuan, China. luogang1982@swmu.edu.cn.
Yan JiangDepartment of Cardiovascular Disease, The Affiliated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, Sichuan, China. jiangyan123@swmu.edu.cn.
Mengnan LiuDepartment of Cardiovascular Disease, The Affiliated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, Sichuan, China. liumengnan@swmu.edu.cn.

Funding

Luzhou Science and Technology Bureau 2023JYJ029National Natural Science Foundation of China 82074378Project of Chinese Medicine Guangdong Laboratory HQCML-C-2024005Shenzhen Medical Research Fund A2403028Shenzhen Science and Technology Program JCYJ20230807094603007Sichuan Provincial Science and Technology Support Program 2022YFS0618Southwest Medical University Project 2023ZYYQ04
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Abstract

Chest pain is a common symptom with a complex etiology involving multiple organs and systems. Cardiovascular, digestive and respiratory diseases can cause chest pain. A single condition usually reformulates and can cause this symptom, but a combination of conditions can also cause it. This case reports a 69-year-old male suffered from recurrent chest pain. Coronary heart disease, gastroesophageal reflux disease and left lung adenocarcinoma were diagnosed successively for nearly 1 year. The patients focus on one disease, and the medical staff neglects to deal with multiple diseases simultaneously. Ambiguous evidence and patients' unmotivated attitudes towards treatment make early diagnosis of lung cancer difficult. Treatment for coronary heart disease and gastroesophageal reflux disease masks the symptoms of lung cancer to some extent, resulting in a skewed diagnostic focus. This report highlights the need for clinicians to improve communication with patients to enhance treatment adherence and provide comprehensive screening, identification, and treatment of chest pain etiologies to prevent delays in patient treatment. The findings also suggest that awareness of the therapeutic and prognostic impact of interstitial lung disease on lung cancer should be improved, which is essential for the development of clinical treatment protocols.

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AdenocarcinomaAdenocarcinoma of LungAngina PectorisChest PainCoronary DiseaseGastroesophageal RefluxLung NeoplasmsAgedDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansMaleTomography, X-Ray ComputedAngina pectorisChest painGastroesophageal reflux diseaseInterstitial lung diseaseLung cancer

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