title: [Diagnostic imaging of Tietze's syndrome. Comparison of computerized tomography and ultrasonography].
abstract: Tietze's syndrome is an uncommon disease characterized by the absence of any systemic symptom; imaging techniques play a major role in the diagnosis of this condition. A control group including 10 normal subjects and 4 patients with clinical evidence of Tietze's syndrome were submitted to US; 3/4 patients underwent CT too. In the lesion site, US demonstrated thickened cartilage and inhomogeneously increased echogenicity in 4 patients, blurred outline in 3 patients and a hypoechoic halo in 1 patient. CT showed thickened cartilage and blurred outline in 3 patients and hypodense cartilage in 1 patient. Both methods were very useful to diagnose the disease in all cases. The authors conclude that US plays a major role in the diagnosis of Tietze's syndrome thanks to its harmlessness, repeatability and cost-effectiveness.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Radiologia, Università degli Studi di Bari.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martino
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Ettorre
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Macarini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guerrieri
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tritto
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013991:Tietze's Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Diagnostica per immagini della sindrome di Tietze. Tomografia computerizzata e ecografia a confronto.