2. Shiping Clinic of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine in Bijie City

2. Shiping Clinic of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine in Bijie City

I encountered a female patient in her sixties whose right second and third ribs in the anterior chest area protrude beyond the thoracic cage, causing pain that worsens with deep breathing. CT scans show no obvious lesions. Local hospital physicians suspect costochondritis. Could you please offer some advice?

A: For patients like this, costochondritis is a more likely diagnosis. Of course, further evaluation of the disease course and local manifestations is needed. If a distinct mass forms locally within a short period and continues to grow, then a chondroma cannot be ruled out.

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