A case of chest pain variant asthma

Hirokazu Taniguchi*, Kenta Kanbara, Shingo Imanishi, Hitoshi Abo, Saburo Izumi

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A 39-year-old man consulted our hospital because of severe constrict pain at the sternal area and heavy sensation in chest. His chest pain improved with procaterol hydrochloride, he was diagnosed as having chest pain variant asthma. His symptoms improved with corticosteroid and cysteinyl leukotriene antagonist. Not so many articles have been reported that concerned with this disease. There is a need for a better dissemination of knowledge about this disease.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)55-58
Number of pages4
JournalArerugi = [Allergy]
Volume57
Issue number1
StatePublished - 2008

Keywords

  • Chest pain variant asthma
  • Cysteinyl leukotriene antagonist

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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