Monthly Archives: February 2012

Tietze syndrome is a severe form of Costochondritis and quite different from it. The condtion takes place with a benign inflammation of one or more of the costal cartilages. Tietze syndrome is differentiated from costochondritis by swelling of the costal cartilages, which does not appear in costochondritis. Costochondritis symptoms are similar to Tietze’s, the prime … Continue reading