Last week I saw a middle-aged man who complained of pain over the right anterior chest. He had done some heavy exertion a few days earlier (extreme Yoga). While examining the painful area of chest, I noticed a feeling of something under the skin. On more careful palpation, it was a vertical cord-like swelling, just under the skin. On making the patient raise his right arm above the head, the swelling became visible too. Check the photograph on the right. You can see a longitudinal ...
Updated February 7th, 2010 at 03:03 PM by Shashikiran