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Tietze's Syndrome
Medical Definition: | 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.) |
Guide Notes: | painful swelling of rib cartilage |
Tietze's Syndrome Medical Definitions and Terms
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