Tietze syndrome
Meaning
Noun
- A benign inflammation of one or more costal cartilages, differentiated from costochondritis by swelling of the costal cartilages.
Related
Similar words
- chondropathia tuberosa
- costochondral junction syndrome
Origin
- First described in 1921 by the German surgeon Alexander Tietze (1864–1927).
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