Epidemic pleurodynia
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Epidemic pleurodynia is a febrile disorder caused most commonly by a group B coxsackievirus, an enterovirus. Infection causes severe pleuritic chest or abdominal pain.
Epidemic pleurodynia may occur at any age but is most common among children.
(See also Overview of Enterovirus Infections.)
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