The Chest Pain of Ankylosing Spondylitis
Authors: ARMIN E. GOOD
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1963)

Article1 June 1963The Chest Pain of Ankylosing SpondylitisIts Place in the Differential Diagnosis of Heart PainARMIN E. GOOD, M.D.ARMIN E. GOOD, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-58-6-926 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptFrequently, in the examination of patients with suspected angina pectoris, a carefully taken history establishes that chest pain is not cardiac but probably of musculoskeletal origin. Disease of the spine has been well publicized as a source of anterior chest pain. Most references have emphasized degenerative disease of the spine (hypertrophic arthritis, osteoarthritis, spondylarthrosis). More recently attention has been focused upon cervical radiculitis as a particular manifestation of degenerative spinal disease, in which the pain distribution may include the upper chest. 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Good, M.D., Rheumatology Section, Veterans Administration Hospital, 2215 Fuller Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 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