Tietze syndrome

What is the Tietze syndrome?
Costochondritis should be distinguished from Tietze syndrome, a condition involving the same area of the front of the chest.

Patients with Tietze syndrome develop tenderness and swelling over the ribs and cartilage near the breast bone (sternum). Redness, tenderness, and heat can also be present, but a localized swelling is the distinguishing finding.

While similar, Tietze syndrome is not identical to costochondritis. ... Costochondritis symptoms are similar to Tietze's, the prime difference being ...
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This condition is Tietze Syndrome, which is another condition that has symptoms of sudden pain in the chest, shoulder and arm. Tietze Syndrome can also cause a sudden swelling in the arm.

When costochondritis is accompanied by swelling of the areas surrounding the cartilage, the condition is called Tietze syndrome.

Imamura M, Imamura ST. Tietze syndrome. In: Frontera WR, Silver JK, eds. Essentials of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier;2008:chap 100.
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Your doctor might refer to costochondritis by other names, including chest wall pain, costosternal syndrome and costosternal chondrodynia. When the pain of costochondritis is accompanied by swelling, it's referred to as Tietze syndrome.

See also: Costochondritis, Trauma, Injury, Arthritis, Myalgia