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. 1981 May;56(5):401-3.
doi: 10.1136/adc.56.5.401.

Precordial catch syndrome

D Pickering

Precordial catch syndrome

D Pickering. Arch Dis Child. 1981 May.

Abstract

Seventeen cases of precordial "catch" are reported. The children varied in age from 8 to 16 years. The characteristics of this painful condition are discussed; in particular, the diagnostic indication of the site of the pain over an intercostal space, with the finger tip, is stressed. Anxiety in the child, or the parents, in relation to the complaint is discussed. Several methods of treatment are recommended.

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