slipping rib syndrome

slipping rib syndrome
weakness or rupture of the medial fibrous attachments of the eighth, ninth, or tenth ribs, so that their cartilage tip slips upward and impinges on the intercostal nerve, causing chest pain.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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