The woman had inexplicable chest pain for 3 years, and the symptoms were more obvious when she was lying down, and because she couldn't find the reason, she hadn't slept well in 3 years. Recently, the Department of Thoracic Surgery of Yangchunhu Campus of Wuhan Central Hospital finally found the ** that caused her chest pain, which turned out to be abnormal growth of the xiphoid process, and finally relieved the pain through minimally invasive surgery.
58-year-old Aunt Li (pseudonym), who lives in Qingshan District, had chest pain without warning three years ago, and the symptoms became more and more obvious when she lay down. At first, Aunt Li suspected cardiovascular disease or digestive tract disease, but after doing relevant tests, the problem was ruled out. Later, Aunt Li did an examination of other organs, but there was no abnormality. Because she didn't find **, every time the pain flares up in the past 3 years, Aunt Li can't sleep well, according to her, it's like someone poking herself in the upper abdomen with a spear.
A week ago, Aunt Li's symptoms worsened, and she came to Wuhan Central Hospital Yangchunhu Campus with the idea of giving it a try. In the thoracic surgery clinic of the hospital, Dr. Zuo Tao, who received the patient, suspected that Aunt Li's xiphoid process was abnormally proliferative after a detailed medical history and combined with the characteristics of the symptoms. After imaging examination, Aunt Li's xiphoid process was about 6 cm long (the normal length is 3 to 4 cm), and she was finally diagnosed with xiphoid syndrome.
The day before yesterday, the thoracic surgeon performed minimally invasive surgery for Aunt Li and removed the xiphoid process, and the chest pain that had plagued her for 3 years was finally **.
Liu Yong, chief physician of the Department of Thoracic Surgery of the hospital, introduced that xiphoid syndrome is a sternal xiphoid cartilage tissue hyperplasia and aseptic inflammatory lesions of the surrounding tissues, and is a rare benign syndrome of arthropathy, which is mainly characterized by abnormal xiphoid process hyperplasia, which is generally caused by previous trauma or chronic strain. Because the xiphoid process is a bony structure that is free from the upper abdominal wall, when the structure is abnormally proliferated, it can irritate local tissues and cause discomfort, which is the cause of inexplicable pain in the upper abdomen and chest of this patient. When xiphoid syndrome occurs, it can be confused with some other disorders of the upper abdomen because the symptoms are located in the upper abdomen. Once xiphoid syndrome is diagnosed, severe cases need to remove the xiphoid process to achieve satisfactory results. Since the xiphoid process itself has no important physiological function, with very small minimally invasive surgery, the symptoms will disappear automatically after resection and there will be no serious side effects.
Reporter: Liu Yating Correspondent: Ma Yaoyao.
Editor: Wang Jian.
Editor-in-charge: Summer.
Editor: Wang Jun.