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Musculoskeletal Chest Pain due to Costochondral Junction Syndrome

MedGen UID:
1716402
•Concept ID:
C5238797
•
Sign or Symptom
Synonym: Tietze Syndrome

Definition

A condition in which there is musculoskeletal chest pain associated with localized inflammation of one or more joints between the rib and the costal cartilage. (ACC-AHA) [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVMusculoskeletal Chest Pain due to Costochondral Junction Syndrome

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Imaging in the Evaluation of Chest Pain in the Primary Care Setting, Part 2: Sources of Noncardiac Chest Pain.
Bader AS, Rubinowitz AN, Gange CP Jr, Bader EM, Cortopassi IO
Am J Med 2020 Oct;133(10):1135-1142. Epub 2020 May 20 doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2020.04.013. PMID: 32442508
Evaluation and treatment of musculoskeletal chest pain.
Ayloo A, Cvengros T, Marella S
Prim Care 2013 Dec;40(4):863-87, viii. doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2013.08.007. PMID: 24209723
Non-cyclical mastalgia: an improved classification and treatment.
Maddox PR, Harrison BJ, Mansel RE, Hughes LE
Br J Surg 1989 Sep;76(9):901-4. doi: 10.1002/bjs.1800760909. PMID: 2804583

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

The prevalence of rheumatologic disorders in patients with chest pain and angiographically normal coronary arteries.
Mukerji B, Mukerji V, Alpert MA, Selukar R
Angiology 1995 May;46(5):425-30. doi: 10.1177/000331979504600510. PMID: 7741327
Musculoskeletal chest wall syndromes in patients with noncardiac chest pain: a study of 100 patients.
Wise CM, Semble EL, Dalton CB
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1992 Feb;73(2):147-9. PMID: 1543409
Non-cyclical mastalgia: an improved classification and treatment.
Maddox PR, Harrison BJ, Mansel RE, Hughes LE
Br J Surg 1989 Sep;76(9):901-4. doi: 10.1002/bjs.1800760909. PMID: 2804583

Diagnosis

Chest Pain: If It Is Not the Heart, What Is It?
Rushton S, Carman MJ
Nurs Clin North Am 2018 Sep;53(3):421-431. Epub 2018 Jul 11 doi: 10.1016/j.cnur.2018.04.009. PMID: 30100007
Evaluation and treatment of musculoskeletal chest pain.
Ayloo A, Cvengros T, Marella S
Prim Care 2013 Dec;40(4):863-87, viii. doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2013.08.007. PMID: 24209723
Musculoskeletal problems of the chest wall in athletes.
Gregory PL, Biswas AC, Batt ME
Sports Med 2002;32(4):235-50. doi: 10.2165/00007256-200232040-00003. PMID: 11929353
Chest pain: a rheumatologist's perspective.
Semble EL, Wise CM
South Med J 1988 Jan;81(1):64-8. doi: 10.1097/00007611-198801000-00014. PMID: 3276010
Musculoskeletal chest wall pain.
Fam AG, Smythe HA
CMAJ 1985 Sep 1;133(5):379-89. PMID: 4027804Free PMC Article

Therapy

Malignant tumor with chest wall pain mimicking Tietze's syndrome.
Thongngarm T, Lemos LB, Lawhon N, Harisdangkul V
Clin Rheumatol 2001;20(4):276-8. doi: 10.1007/pl00011203. PMID: 11529637

Prognosis

Malignant tumor with chest wall pain mimicking Tietze's syndrome.
Thongngarm T, Lemos LB, Lawhon N, Harisdangkul V
Clin Rheumatol 2001;20(4):276-8. doi: 10.1007/pl00011203. PMID: 11529637
Non-cyclical mastalgia: an improved classification and treatment.
Maddox PR, Harrison BJ, Mansel RE, Hughes LE
Br J Surg 1989 Sep;76(9):901-4. doi: 10.1002/bjs.1800760909. PMID: 2804583

Clinical prediction guides

Non-cyclical mastalgia: an improved classification and treatment.
Maddox PR, Harrison BJ, Mansel RE, Hughes LE
Br J Surg 1989 Sep;76(9):901-4. doi: 10.1002/bjs.1800760909. PMID: 2804583

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