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In anatomy, a fistula (pl.: fistulas or fistulae /-l i,-l aɪ /; from Latin fistula, "tube, pipe") is an abnormal connection (i.e. tube) joining two hollow spaces (technically, two epithelialized surfaces), such as blood vessels, intestines, or other hollow organs to each other, often resulting in an abnormal flow of fluid from one space to the other.
If a fistula has a very high blood flow and the vasculature that supplies the rest of the limb is poor, a steal syndrome can occur, where blood entering the limb is drawn into the fistula and returned to the general circulation without entering the limb's capillaries. This results in cold extremities of that limb, cramping pains, and, if severe ...
Levine's sign is a clenched fist held over the chest to describe ischemic chest pain. [1]It is named for Samuel A. Levine (1891–1966), an influential American cardiologist, who first observed that many patients with chest pain made this same sign to describe their symptoms.
Chest pressure. It can feel like a tightness in the chest more than true pain. Some people describe it as an elephant sitting on their chest. Chest pressure, whether it’s with activity or at ...
What the Chest Pain Feels Like . Chest pain is common with both panic attacks and heart attacks. But with a heart attack, Dr. Klein says people are more likely to report chest tightness, pressure ...
Cardiologists say people often miss these life-threatening symptoms.
It can, but does not necessarily, have an opening to the skin surface, called a fistula. The cause is usually a developmental abnormality arising in the early prenatal period, typically failure of obliteration of the second, third, and fourth branchial cleft , i.e. failure of fusion of the second branchial arches and epicardial ridge in lower ...
Shingles can also feel like chest pain. This merits a call to your doctor—not only to rule out a heart condition, but also to get treatment to soothe the symptoms if you do have shingles.