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Precordial catch syndrome (PCS) is a non-serious condition in which there are sharp stabbing pains in the chest. These typically get worse with inhaling and occur within a small area. Spells of pain usually last less than a few minutes. Typically it begins at rest and other symptoms are absent. Concerns about the condition may result in anxiety ...
Precordial chest pain can be an indication of a variety of illnesses, including costochondritis and viral pericarditis. ... Precordial catch syndrome; References
Precordial catch syndrome: Another benign and harmless form of a sharp, localized chest pain often mistaken for heart disease. Breast conditions; Herpes zoster (shingles): It is usually described as a burning sensation over the chest in a unilateral dermatome distribution. However, diagnosis can be difficult because the pain usually appears ...
Hamman's sign (rarely, Hammond's sign [1] or Hammond's crunch [2]) is a medical sign consisting of a crunching, rasping sound, synchronous with the heartbeat, [3] heard over the precordium in spontaneous mediastinal emphysema.
Here's a link to our article: Precordial Catch Syndrome. StuRat 08:18, 21 September 2012 (UTC) Can't find much about it, the condition is not mentioned in the Merck manual. I'm not sure if an answer is available; in my experience, conditions considered not dangerous and requiring no treatment receive little attention.
A pleural friction rub, or simply pleural rub, is an audible medical sign present in some patients with pleurisy and other conditions affecting the chest cavity. It is noted by listening to the internal sounds of the body, usually using a stethoscope on the lungs.
Costochondritis, also known as chest wall pain syndrome or costosternal syndrome, is a benign inflammation of the upper costochondral (rib to cartilage) and sternocostal (cartilage to sternum) joints. 90% of patients are affected in multiple ribs on a single side, typically at the 2nd to 5th ribs. [1]
Heart sounds of a healthy human female with a functional or "innocent" heart murmur after exercise. A functional murmur (innocent murmur, physiologic murmur) is a heart murmur that is primarily due to physiologic conditions outside the heart, as opposed to structural defects in the heart itself. [1]