Diseases

Tietze's Syndrome

Idiopathic painful nonsuppurative swellings of one or more costal cartilages, especially of the second rib. The anterior chest pain may mimic that of coronary artery disease. (Dorland, 27th ed.)

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Idiopathic painful nonsuppurative swellings of one or more costal cartilages, especially of the second rib. The anterior chest pain may mimic that of coronary artery disease. (Dorland, 27th ed.)

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  • Chondritis, Costal
  • Costal Chondritis
  • Chondritides, Costal
  • Costal Chondritides
  • Syndrome, Tietze's
  • Tietze Syndrome
  • Tietzes Syndrome

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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painful swelling of rib cartilage

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Tietze's Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013991. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013991
  2. Tietze's Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tietze_syndrome
  3. Tietze's Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175763