Interscapular pain
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Overview
Interscapular pain is pain localized in the interscapular area between the shoulder blades. The most common causes of interscapular pain are due to secondary disease conditons. Primary causes of interscapular pain are rare.
Causes
Life Threatening Causes
Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.
Common Causes
Causes by Organ System
Cardiovascular | No underlying causes |
Chemical/Poisoning | No underlying causes |
Dental | No underlying causes |
Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
Drug Side Effect | No underlying causes |
Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
Endocrine | No underlying causes |
Environmental | No underlying causes |
Gastroenterologic | No underlying causes |
Genetic | No underlying causes |
Hematologic | No underlying causes |
Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
Infectious Disease | No underlying causes |
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic | No underlying causes |
Neurologic | No underlying causes |
Nutritional/Metabolic | No underlying causes |
Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
Oncologic | No underlying causes |
Ophthalmologic | No underlying causes |
Overdose/Toxicity | No underlying causes |
Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
Pulmonary | No underlying causes |
Renal/Electrolyte | No underlying causes |
Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy | No underlying causes |
Sexual | No underlying causes |
Trauma | No underlying causes |
Urologic | No underlying causes |
Miscellaneous | No underlying causes |
Causes in Alphabetical Order
- Acromioclavicular joint disclocation
- Acute myocardial infarction
- Aneurysm of sinus of valsalva[3]
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Aortic dissection
- Aortic hammer syndrome[4]
- Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease[5]
- Cervical disc disease
- Cervical radiculopathy[6]
- Chikungunya
- Chronic fatigue syndrome
- Disc prolapse
- Dislocated shoulder
- Dissecting aortic aneurysm
- Dissecting intramural hematoma of the esophagus
- Dorsal scapular nerve entrapment
- Fibromyalgia
- Guillain-Barre syndrome
- Necrotizing fasciitis
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Posterior mediastinal abscess
- Pulmonary embolism
- Rotator cuff tear
- Ruptured aortic aneurysm
- Shoulder instability
- Spinal cord infarction
- Spinal cord injury
- Spinal disc herniation
- Spinal epidural abscess
- Spinal epidural hematoma
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spontaneous intracranial hypotension
- Temporal arteritis
- Trauma
- Whiplash injury
References
- ↑ Somasamudra P, Smith E, Tandan R (2011). "Aortic dissection presenting as pleural effusion". BMJ Case Rep. 2011. doi:10.1136/bcr.03.2011.3956. PMC 3118903. PMID 22692486.
- ↑ Zanobetti M, Bigiarini S, Coppa A, Conti A, Innocenti F, Pini R (2012). "Usefulness of chest ultrasonography in detecting pulmonary embolism in patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic renal failure: a case report". Am J Emerg Med. 30 (8): 1665.e1–3. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2011.09.021. PMID 22154162.
- ↑ Lescan M, Walker T, Kobba J, Schneider W, Schlensak C (2014). "The preoperative management of a patient with a large aneurysm of the sinus of valsalva and takotsubo cardiomyopathy". Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 62 (1): 64–7. doi:10.1007/s11748-013-0212-x. PMID 23378016.
- ↑ Komen N, Vercauteren S, de Roover D (2011). "Aortic hammer syndrome". J Endovasc Ther. 18 (4): 497–500. doi:10.1583/11-3475.1. PMID 21861736.
- ↑ Rodrigues L, Neves M, Machado S, Sá H, Macário F, Alves R; et al. (2012). "Uncommon cause of chest pain in a renal transplantation patient with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: a case report". Transplant Proc. 44 (8): 2507–9. doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.07.014. PMID 23026633.
- ↑ Tanaka Y, Kokubun S, Sato T, Ozawa H (2006). "Cervical roots as origin of pain in the neck or scapular regions". Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 31 (17): E568–73. doi:10.1097/01.brs.0000229261.02816.48. PMID 16924193.