Tietze Path.
(ˈtiːtsə)
[The name of A. Tietze (1864–1927), Polish surgeon, who described the condition in 1921 (Berlin. klin. Wochenschr. LVIII. 829).]
Tietze's disease, Tietze's syndrome: a condition in which there is painful swelling of one or more costal cartilages without evident cause.
| 1932 Index Medicus XII. 1146/2 Tietze's disease; dystrophy of costal cartilage. 1942 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 19 Sept. 352/1 Among the many manifestations of subnutrition recently seen by us have been two cases of swelling of the costal cartilages, associated with weakness and lethargy, which conform to the description of Tietze's disease. 1945 Canad. Med. Assoc. Jrnl. LIII. 572/2 It is not suggested that these rib changes are necessarily due to Tietze's syndrome. 1977 Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 20 July 2/1 Tietze's disease can be mistaken for angina. |