//fpnotebook.com/
Tietze Syndrome
Aka: Tietze Syndrome, Tietze's Syndrome
- See Also
- Chest Wall Pain
- Costochondritis
- Chest Wall Pain Prediction Rule
- Epidemiology
- Incidence: Rare
- Age under 40 is more typical
- Symptoms
- Focal pain and swelling at the second or third costochondral margin
- Signs
- Visible swelling and tenderness at the second or third costochondral margin
- Causes
- Rheumatologic Disease
- Infection typically associated with chest wall Trauma
- Surgical or Stab Wounds
- Intravenous Drug Abuse
- Cancer
- Primary tumor of the rib or lung
- Metastatic disease
- Differential Diagnosis
- See Chest Wall Pain
- References
- Kayser (1956) Am J Med 21(6): 982-9 [PubMed]
- Proulx (2009) Am Fam Physician 80(6): 617-20 [PubMed]