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Costochondritis, What is costochondritis? Costochondritis is a condition of the chest wall that causes pain. People who get chest pain are often frightened they have a he...
Costochondritis and Tietze's Syndrome, In primary care costochondritis has been found to account for 13% of presentations with chest pain, and this may be more as chest wall pain accounts...
Softer, more flexible cartilage attaches the ribs to the breastbone (sternum) and the sternum to the collar bones (clavicles) at joints. In costochondritis, there is inflammation in one or mo...
A common cause is a condition called costochondritis where the joints of the chest wall become inflamed. Pregnancy causes breasts to swell and be tender, particularly in the first few we...
Common examples are the Achilles tendon ( Achilles tendinopathy ) where the calf muscles attach to the heel, and where chest muscles attach to the ribs ( costochondritis ). Inflammation of...
There are many such conditions (listed below in 'Differential diagnosis' section) but most common are costochondritis and other chest wall syndromes. Features such as location and rad...
Cough, dyspnoea, wheezing and choking. [ 6 ] Costochondritis (may lead to joint dissolution and flail chest). Recurrent scleritis and episcleritis.
Musculoskeletal: costochondritis, Tietze's syndrome , trauma, rib pain (including fracture, bone metastases , osteoporosis ), radicular pain, nonspecific musculoskeletal pain (eg, fib...
Infection of prosthetic device. Costochondritis (rare). Myositis (rare). Obstetric and neonatal candidal infections Neonatal invasive candidiasis This is an important c...