KROK 1 2020 – Question 87 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A 65-year-old man periodically feels pain under his left shoulder blade and in his left shoulder. After a significant physical exertion, the pain sharply intensified. Based on the ECG findings, the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction was made. What type of pain was observed in this case?
- A. Visceral pain
- B. Irradiating pain
- C. Phantom limb pain
- D. Causalgia
- E. -
Hint
Ask where the pain was felt in relation to the diseased organ, and what shared spinal-cord pathways could explain that location.
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