The Korean Journal of Pain

The Korean Pain Society (대한통증학회)
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Referred Shoulder Pain due to Liver Abscess -A case report-

간농양의 연관통으로 밝혀진 우측 견부통 환자의 치료증례

  • Park, Sang Hyun (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Pyung Bok (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital) ;
  • Seo, Myung Sin (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital) ;
  • Lim, Yun Hee (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital) ;
  • Oh, Yong Seok (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital)
  • 박상현 (분당서울대학교병원 마취통증의학과) ;
  • 이평복 (분당서울대학교병원 마취통증의학과) ;
  • 서명신 (분당서울대학교병원 마취통증의학과) ;
  • 임윤희 (분당서울대학교병원 마취통증의학과) ;
  • 오용석 (분당서울대학교병원 마취통증의학과)
  • Received : 2005.09.20
  • Accepted : 2005.12.09
  • Published : 2005.12.10
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Abstract

Referred pain is not localized to the site of its cause, but referred to an area that may be an adjacent distant from such a site. With respect to this, there is the possibility of misdiagnosis in the treatment of referred pain patient. We experienced a case of a 31-years-old male patient complaining of right shoulder pain, which subsided after a bursa injection. The patient revisited our clinic after 3 weeks complaining not only of right shoulder pain, but also of right upper quadrant pain and fever. He was diagnosed as having a liver abscess by an imaging study.

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