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Chest Wall Pain Definition
Common names:
  • Chest Wall Pain
  • Costochondral Chest Pain
  • Muscular Chest Pain
  • Musculoskeletal Chest Pain
  • Pain in the Chest Wall
  • Pain in the Ribs
  • Painful Chest Muscles
  • Painful Chest Wall
  • Painful Ribs
  • Rib Pain
A person with chest wall pain has discomfort that originates from the structures of the chest wall. The chest wall includes the skin, ribs and muscles that surround the ribs. Chest wall pain is usually caused by injury, inflammation or infection of these structures. Images

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Last Updated: Oct 21, 2008  References
Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD
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