pleurodynia

pleurodynia /pleu·ro·dyn·ia/ (-din´e-ah)

1. pain in the pleural cavity.

epidemic pleurodynia an epidemic disease due to coxsackievirus B, marked by sudden violent pain in the chest, fever, and a tendency toward recrudescence on the third day.

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1. Pleuritic pain in the chest.

2. Paroxysmal pain and soreness of the muscles between the ribs, usually due to muscular rheumatism. Also called pleuralgia.

3. Epidemic pleurodynia.

pleurodynia

[ploo͡r′ōdin′ē·ə]

Etymology: Gk, pleura + odyne, pain

acute inflammation of the intercostal muscles and the muscular attachment of the diaphragm to the chest wall. It is characterized by sudden, severe pain and tenderness, fever, headache, and anorexia. These symptoms are aggravated by movement and breathing. The lungs are not affected, and characteristically there is no cough or pleural effusion. See also epidemic pleurodynia.

pleurodynia [ploor″o-din´e-ah]

1. pain in the pleural cavity; called also pleuralgia.

2. costalgia (def. 2).

epidemic pleurodynia an epidemic disease usually caused by group B coxsackieviruses and sometimes by group A coxsackieviruses, echoviruses, and other enteroviruses, marked by a sudden attack of violent pain in the chest, fever, and a tendency to recurrence on the third day. Called also devil's grip and Bornholm disease.

pleurodynia

paroxysmal pain in the intercostal muscles due to muscular disease or irritation of the pleural surface.

pleurodynia

Pleural pain. See Epidemic pleurodynia.

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Alpers' disease Andersen's disease Bornholm disease Bornholm disease virus costalgia Coxsackie coxsackievirus devil's grip diaphragmatic pleurisy Enterovirus Infections epidemic myalgia epidemic myositis epidemic pleurodynia epidemic pleurodynia virus fibromyositis grip Kienböck's disease Köhler's bone disease Krabbe's disease	The Coxsackie viruses subsequently were found to cause a variety of infections, including epidemic pleurodynia (Bornholm disease), and were subdivided into groups A and B based on their pathology in newborn mice. Coxsackie Virus ? Symptoms, Causes and Treatment by James Sameul / Health, general community To the Editor: Although most human enterovirus (EV) (genus Enterovirus, family Picornaviridae) infections are asymptomatic, they can cause upper respiratory illness, febrile rash, aseptic meningitis, pleurodynia, encephalitis, acute flaccid paralysis, and neonatal sepsislike disease (1). Enterovirus 75 and aseptic meningitis, Spain, 2005 by Trallero, Gloria / Emerging Infectious Diseases Viral pleuritis or pleurodynia may produce sharp chest pain similar in character to precordial catch syndrome, but it is usually associated with fever and cough, and is generally unrelenting. Precordial catch syndrome. (Featured CME Topic: Precordial Catch ... by Gumbiner, Carl H. / Southern Medical Journal	pleural effusion pleural exudate pleural fluid pleural fremitus pleural friction rub pleural needle biopsy pleural ring pleural rub pleural space pleural tag pleuralgia pleurapophysis pleurectomy pleurisy pleurisy with effusion pleuritic pleuritic rub pleuritis pleuro- pleurocele pleurocentesis pleurocentrum pleuroclysis pleurodesis pleurodont pleurodynia pleuroesophageal muscle pleurogenic pleurogenous pleurography pleurohepatitis pleurolith pleurolysis pleuroparietopexy pleuropericardial pleuropericardial folds pleuropericardial rub pleuropericarditis pleuroperitoneal pleuroperitoneal cavity pleuroperitoneal hiatus pleuropneumonia pleuropneumonia-like organism pleuropneumonia-like organisms pleuropneumonialike organism pleuropulmonary pleuroscopy pleurothotonos pleurothotonus pleurotomy pleurovisceral	pleuritis pleuro- pleuro- Pleuro-pneumonia Pleurobrachia Pleurobrachiidae Pleurobranch Pleurobranchia Pleurobranchia pleurocarp Pleurocarpic pleurocarpous pleurocarpous pleurocarpous moss pleurocele pleurocentesis pleurocentesis pleurocentrum pleurocentrum Pleuroceridae pleuroclysis Pleurococcus Pleurococcus Pleurocoelea Pleuroderes pleurodesis Pleurodira pleurodont pleurodont pleurodontia pleurodynia Pleurodynia, epidemic Pleurodynia, epidemic pleuroesophageal muscle pleuroesophageal muscle pleuroesophageal muscle pleurogenic pleurogenic pleurogenic pleurogenous pleurography pleurohepatitis pleurolith pleurolophocercous cercaria pleurolysis Pleuromeia Pleuromeiaceae Pleuromeiales Pleuromiaceae Pleuromiales pleuron pleuron pleuron Pleuronectes Pleuronectes ferrugineus Pleuronectes platessa Pleuronectid Pleuronectidae Pleuronectiform Pleuronectiform Pleuronectiform

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Alpers' disease
Andersen's disease
Bornholm disease
Bornholm disease virus
costalgia
Coxsackie
coxsackievirus
devil's grip
diaphragmatic pleurisy
Enterovirus Infections
epidemic myalgia
epidemic myositis
epidemic pleurodynia
epidemic pleurodynia virus
fibromyositis
grip
Kienböck's disease
Köhler's bone disease
Krabbe's disease

The Coxsackie viruses subsequently were found to cause a variety of infections, including epidemic pleurodynia (Bornholm disease), and were subdivided into groups A and B based on their pathology in newborn mice.

Coxsackie Virus ? Symptoms, Causes and Treatment by James Sameul / Health, general community

To the Editor: Although most human enterovirus (EV) (genus Enterovirus, family Picornaviridae) infections are asymptomatic, they can cause upper respiratory illness, febrile rash, aseptic meningitis, pleurodynia, encephalitis, acute flaccid paralysis, and neonatal sepsislike disease (1).

Enterovirus 75 and aseptic meningitis, Spain, 2005 by Trallero, Gloria / Emerging Infectious Diseases

Viral pleuritis or pleurodynia may produce sharp chest pain similar in character to precordial catch syndrome, but it is usually associated with fever and cough, and is generally unrelenting.

Precordial catch syndrome. (Featured CME Topic: Precordial Catch ... by Gumbiner, Carl H. / Southern Medical Journal

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