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Other names people use for this condition
  • Tietze's syndrome
  • Non-suppurative swelling of the costosternal, costochondral or sternoclavicular joints
  • Costochondritis

Tietze syndrome
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Tietze syndrome is a type of cartilage disease.[1] Cartilage is the tough but flexible tissue that covers the ends of your bones at a joint. Tietze syndrome is characterized by pain and swelling of the joint between the sternum and the clavicle or of the joint between the sternum and second or third ribs.[2][3][4][5] The chest pain in Tietze syndrome can be confused with pain caused by heart disease.[1][2][3][4][5]

References
  1. Tietze's syndrome. MeSH - Medical Subject Headings. 2008 Available at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2008/MB_cgi?mode=&index=13442&view=expanded. Accessed August 18, 2008.
  2. Ferri FF. 2008 Ferri’s Clinical Advisor. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby Elsevier; 2008.
  3. Wise C. Kelley’s Textbook of Rheumatology, 7th ed. In: . Arthrocentesis and Injection of Joints and Soft Tissues. Philadelphia, PA:Elsevier Saunders; 2005:
  4. Morrow DA, Gersh BJ. Braunwald’s Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 8th ed. In: . Chronic Coronary Artery Disease. Philadelphia, PA:Saunders; 2007:
  5. Liu NYN, Canoso JJ. Noble: Textbook of Primary Care Medicine, 3rd ed. In: . Periarticular Rheumatic Disorders. Philadelphia, PA:Mosby; 2001:

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