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Sternalis syndrome presents with anterior chest pain associated with localised tenderness over the body of the sternum or overlying sternalis muscle; palpation often causes radiation of pain bilaterally.
When assessing patients with exercise-induced chest pain, these specific symptoms should highlight the possibility of sternalis syndrome. Despite its distinct clinical presentation, sternalis syndrome is often misdiagnosed or overlooked by healthcare providers.
11 cze 2024 · Sternalis syndrome. This condition involves abnormal muscles called sternalis muscles that grow from your major chest muscles and cover your sternum. They cause pain when they become hyperactive and spasm. If you press on your sternum, the pain radiates to each side. Xiphoid process pain.
4 cze 2024 · Early recognition of musculoskeletal syndromes causing chest pain is an important element in the efficient and specific management of pain in patients with these conditions . This topic will review the major causes of musculoskeletal chest pain in adults.
1 gru 2022 · Whilst many individuals do not experience symptoms related to a sternalis muscle, some have reported anterior chest pain and tenderness over the sternum which radiates laterally upon palpation. 14 These symptoms have been termed ‘Sternalis Syndrome’ and may be related to compression of the intercostal or pectoral nerves passing through the ...
12 wrz 2007 · The most frequent association of symptoms is the sternal with the chondrocostal syndrome. Some patients (26) complain of chest pain on both sides of the thorax. We have added to the commonly described syndromes the axillary (or laterothoracic) syndrome, which is quite frequent.
11 maj 2022 · Costochondritis (kos-toe-kon-DRY-tis) is an inflammation of the cartilage that connects a rib to the breastbone (sternum). Pain caused by costochondritis might mimic that of a heart attack or other heart conditions.
