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Case Reports
. 2019;10(2):122-124.
doi: 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2019.02.011.

A patient presenting painful chest wall swelling: Tietze syndrome

Kohei Sawada  1 , Hiromi Ihoriya  1 , Taihei Yamada  1 , Tetsuya Yumoto  1 , Kohei Tsukahara  1 , Takaaki Osako  1 , Hiromichi Naito  1 , Atsunori Nakao  1
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A patient presenting painful chest wall swelling: Tietze syndrome

Kohei Sawada et al. World J Emerg Med. 2019.
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Conflicts of interest: The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this paper.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
The patient had swelling of the second chondrosternal joints and tenderness on palpation (black arrow, left upper panel). Chest computed tomography (CT) showed minimal focal enlargement of the right second chondrosternal joint without fracture (white arrow).
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