title: Musculoskeletal chest wall pain.
abstract: Costosternal syndrome is a pretender of serious illness and mimes as a variety of conditions; essentially the diagnosis is clinical, identified by physical examination and intuition. Reassurance is the most common treatment to this often self-limiting condition that is a common cause of chest wall pain.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain; D013909:Thorax; D013991:Tietze's Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy