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Slipping Rib Syndrome and Other Causes of Chest Wall Pain

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Chest pain is one of the most common complaints causing patients to seek medical attention. The vast majority of these patients will have a “benign,” nonlife-threatening cause for their chest pain with many of them being labeled with “chest wall syndrome,” a broad term encompassing all causes of musculoskeletal pain. This chapter reviews some of the bone- and cartilage-related causes of chest wall syndrome focusing on the slipping rib syndrome, as well as briefly reviewing other pathologies the practitioner may encounter.

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Gasparri, M., Gasparri, M. (2018). Slipping Rib Syndrome and Other Causes of Chest Wall Pain. In: de Moya, M., Mayberry, J. (eds) Rib Fracture Management . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91644-6_9

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