Precordial pain

What it means

A type of chest pain that arises in the or under the left breast and often described as throbbing, stabbing, or burning, and lasting hours or longer. The pain may arise with or after effort, and may spread to the left arm or left side of the neck.

Rare diseases that can present with this2

The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.

Part of the broader category