Thalassemia minor presenting with xiphodynia: A Case Report

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Xiphodynia describes an uncommon syndrome with group of symptoms ranging from upper abdominal pain, chest pain, throat, head and arm symptoms referred from xiphosternal joint or the xiphoid process. A 37-year-old woman presented with a sharp and persistant pain complaint of chest, mid-dorsal region and arm and anemia. Pain was refractor to medication and xiphoid resection was perfor-med. The patient was diagnosed as thalassemia minor histopathologically. After resection pain was disappeared. At the 6th month follow up patient was asym-ptomatic and no pain was detected. Surgical resection of xyphoid bone may be curable in medically refractor xiphodynia.

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