DEFORMITIES OF THE THORACIC SPINE AS A CAUSE OF ANGINOID PAIN
Authors: John R. Smith, William B. Kountz
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1942)

Article1 October 1942DEFORMITIES OF THE THORACIC SPINE AS A CAUSE OF ANGINOID PAINJOHN R. SMITH, M.D., WILLIAM B. KOUNTZ, M.D.JOHN R. SMITH, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, WILLIAM B. KOUNTZ, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-17-4-604 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDuring the past 25 years considerable attention has been focused on the possibility of dorsal root pain simulating attacks of angina pectoris, and many suggestions concerning the differential diagnosis of both have been offered. From the time angina pectoris was recognized as a distinctive and important syndrome, many observers have cautioned against confusing it with similar complaints. In 1915 Allbutt1in his extensive monograph on arterial disease and angina pectoris, stressed the importance of distinguishing "true angina" from a host of other symptoms and from "nervous squalls." However, Sir James Mackenzie's1clear descriptions of cardiac pain widened the horizon, and...References1. ALLBUTT C: Diseases of the arteries including angina pectoris, 1915, Macmillan, London, Vol. II, p. 221. MACKENZIE, SIR JAMES: Angina pectoris, 1923, Frowde, London. Google Scholar2. GUNTHERSAMPSON LJJ: The radicular syndrome in hypertrophic osteoarthritis of the spine. Root pain and its differentiation from heart pain, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1929, xciii, 514. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. NACHLAS IW: Pseudo-angina pectoris originating in the cervical spine, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1934, ciii, 323. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. PARDEE HE: Extracardiac conditions simulating the anginal syndrome, Med. Clin. North Am., 1933, xvii, 67. Google Scholar5. 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