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Costochondritis also known as chest wall pain costosternal syndrome or costosternal chondrodynia is a benign and often temporary inflammation of the costal cartilage which connects each rib to the sternum at the costosternal joint and is a common cause of chest pain. Though costochondritis is often self-limited it can be a recurring condition that can appear to have little or no signs of onset.

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