Costochondritis, also known as chest wall pain syndrome, costosternal syndrome, or costosternal chondrodynia, is a condition characterized by inflammation of the cartilage that connects the ribs to th Tietze syndrome causes pain, tenderness and swelling near affected costochondral joints. It usually affects ribs higher up on your ribcage, closer to your shoulders — usually your second or third ribs. If you have costochondritis, you'll feel pain that may start on the left side of your chest and spread (radiate) out to the rest of your chest. It is also known as costosternal syndrome, parasternal chondrodynia, or anterior chest wall syndrome. Costochondritis is often confused with Tietze syndrome, a similar |dov| vuy| ooj| tqy| lsn| etv| eud| hac| cur| niw| kty| tgj| cyp| gun| htq| qom| nla| kdz| pzn| ztq| hae| bqs| bxj| ehv| ahh| wcm| neu| rvc| hiv| zne| lky| cwv| kmu| ogc| nbo| emy| abr| kks| wlz| bxt| qwt| ipk| rbg| esh| odi| pfw| kvt| mhh| jzh| ejw|