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title: "Pain out of proportion"
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Pain out of proportion or pain out of proportion to physical examination is a medical sign where apparent pain in the individual does not correspond to other signs. It is found in a number of conditions, including:

Necrotizing fasciitis
Compartment syndrome
Mesenteric ischemia
Mueller-Weiss disease
Also used in reference to the medical diagnosis of Malingering ICD-10 Z76.5 as in "Pain out of proportion to symptoms".


== References ==