that connects the ribs to the breastbone is a common cause of chest pain, as are rib fractures. Rib deformities occur in some babies during childbirth or due to genetic mutations inherited from ...

Costochondritis, also known as chest wall ... in the rib cage. Although microtraumas are also thought to cause Tietze ...

[21] Any child with congenital scoliosis may also be at risk for chest wall deformities. The most devastating are those that have fusions of multiple ribs in young patients as the chest wall ...