Unusual cause of parietal thoracic pain: A case report

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Submitted: June 15 2020
Published: Jul 15, 2020
DOI: 10.29328/journal.acr.1001040
Keywords:
Costal cartilage, Fracture, Computed tomography

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Mohamed Labied*
Emergency Radiology Department, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco
Hayat Lhajoui
Emergency Radiology Department, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco
Najwa Touil
Emergency Radiology Department, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco
Omar Kacimi
Emergency Radiology Department, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco
Nabil Chikhaoui
Emergency Radiology Department, Ibn Rochd University Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco

Abstract

We report the radio-clinical observation of a 21-year-old patient, referred for anterior chest parietal discomfort evolving for 3 months ago, with the notion of trauma.


The chest CT (computed tomography) scan detected a costal cartilage fracture without associated traumatic pulmonary or mediastinal changes.


This case illustrates the usefulness of imaging in the diagnosis and management of costal cartilage fractures, and for screening out differential diagnoses.


The aim of this study is to determine the interest of imaging in the study of fractures of the chrondro-costal cartilage.


Is to determine the CT value in chrondro-costal cartilage fracture.

Article Details

Labied, M., Lhajoui, H., Touil, N., Kacimi, O., & Chikhaoui, N. (2020). Unusual cause of parietal thoracic pain: A case report. Archives of Case Reports, 4(1), 046–047. https://doi.org/10.29328/journal.acr.1001040
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