Early clinical presentation of acute pain syndrome is significant inthe chest, tenderness and swelling of the cartilages affected, whichare usually palpable on examination. Although the disease canoften be very painful condition is considered to be benign, whichresolves in 12 weeks. But sometimes it can be chronic.
Unlike myocardial ischemia or infarction, costochondritis is abenign cause of pain and it is important to consider in differentialdiagnosis.
Onset is often insidious disease. Chest pain with a history ofrepeated minor trauma and activities such as painting, movingfurniture with which the patient is not usually frequent. Pain can bedescribed as follows:
exacerbated by movement-torso exercises and deep inspiration
-drops dimnuarea movements, slow breathing or change position
-is in the form of a knife, pressure and cramps
-is usually pretty well localized but can spread and radiate to the shoulder and arm
-can be severe, it can disappear.
Physical Exam:
Costochondritis pain to palpation of affected joints is consistentlyobserved. 2-5 joints are involved more than one. Surprisingly,patients may not be aware of this than the palpation senzibilitatedoctor. The diagnosis must be replaced if missing local sensitivity.Tietze syndrome is characterized by edema nonsupurativ.Costochondritis has no palpable swelling.
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