Slipping Rib Syndrome: A Clinical Entity to Consider in Chest Pain

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Slipping rib syndrome consists on false or floating ribs hypermobility, whose can force the ribs to come in contact with each other. The authors reported a fourteen case series presenting a slipping rib syndrome.

Slipping rib syndrome consists on false or floating ribs hypermobility, whose can force the ribs to come in contact with each other. The authors reported a fourteen case series presenting a slipping rib syndrome. Mean age 35.00 ± 10.66 years old; 64.29% men. The 10th rib level was the most predominant, affecting 64.29% of cases. Dynamic ultrasound was the gold standard diagnostic tool. Different conservative treatments were applied in most of cases.

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