• Costochondritis, an inflammation of costochondral junctions of ribs or chondrosternal joints of the anterior chest wall, is a common condition seen in patients presenting to the physician's office and emergency department. (painspa.co.uk)
  • Costochondritis is a self-limited condition defined as inflammation of costochondral junctions of ribs or chondrosternal joints, usually at multiple levels and lacking swelling or induration. (painspa.co.uk)
  • Joint involvement tends to occur most commonly in the hips, shoulders, and joints of the chest wall, including the acromioclavicular and sternoclavicular joints, and often occurs in the first 10 years of disease. (medscape.com)
  • Palpation of the affected chondrosternal joints of the chest wall elicits tenderness. (painspa.co.uk)
  • The typical presentation of costochondritis is bilateral parasternal chest wall pain exacerbated by deep breaths, coughing, and stretching. (painspa.co.uk)
  • It should be differentiated from Teitz syndrome which is an inflammatory process causing visible enlargement of the costochondral junction. (painspa.co.uk)
  • Audiovestibular - Sudden ear pain (unilateral or bilateral), inability to sleep on affected side, floppy ear, suddenly diminished hearing, tinnitus (occasional or persistent), otitis media , ear drainage, vertigo (with or without nausea and vomiting), and unsteadiness (See the image below. (medscape.com)
  • Unilateral or bilateral auricular pain, swelling, and redness develop suddenly but spare the lobules. (medscape.com)
  • The pain often begins unilaterally and intermittently, and generally begins in the lumbosacral region (SI joints). (medscape.com)
  • Peripheral enthesitis is the basic pathologic process, involving inflammation at the site of insertion of ligaments and tendons on to bone. (medscape.com)
  • Involvement of the hips and shoulders may result in joint damage with radiographic changes. (medscape.com)
  • In 1923, Jaksch-Wartenhorst described a patient who experienced an 18-month course of progressive degeneration of the peripheral joints, external ears, nasal septum, external auditory canals, inner ear, and epiglottis. (medscape.com)