[A case of chest pain variant asthma]

Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi. 2007 Nov;45(11):866-8.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 45-year-old woman afflicted with bronchial asthma consulted our hospital because of severe constricting pain at the sternal area. Her chest pain improved with montelukast, and she was diagnosed to have chest pain variant asthma. Chest pain variant asthma is rare.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acetates / therapeutic use
  • Asthma / complications*
  • Chest Pain / drug therapy
  • Chest Pain / etiology*
  • Cyclopropanes
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leukotriene Antagonists / therapeutic use
  • Middle Aged
  • Quinolines / therapeutic use
  • Sulfides

Substances

  • Acetates
  • Cyclopropanes
  • Leukotriene Antagonists
  • Quinolines
  • Sulfides
  • montelukast