The efficacy of oral corticosteroids for treatment of Tietze syndrome: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial

Ain Shams University0 个研究点目标入组 40 人开始时间: 2022年4月30日最近更新: 2023年1月9日

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2022 Results article in https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpt.13810 (added 29/11/2022)

•Patients aged 12 to 60 years old presenting with anterior or posterior chest wall swelling and/or palpable tenderness upon examination without any significant past medical history, or with history of recurrent chest infection or multiple minor chest trauma. Ultrasound of the sternocostal swellings was required to exclude other pathologies but no specific ultrasound finding was required to confirm the clinical diagnosis. Two senior thoracic surgeons were required to establish the diagnosis.

•1. Patients diagnosed with myositis, coronary syndrome, chest wall tumors or mediastinal syndrome as diagnosed by clinical examination, CT chest, MRI chest or chest ultrasound.
•2. Traumatic muscle pain, arthritis of sternoclavicular/sternomanubrial joints and fibromyalgia of costochondral junction.
•3. Refused to be enrolled in the study or did not complete the full assessment at all time intervals.

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