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Cough fractureAka: Rib Fracture due to Cough

See Also
1. Chest Pain Approach
Pathophysiology
1. Fatigue Fracture of lower ribs from repeated coughing
Symptoms
1. Pleuritic Chest Pain
  1. Accentuated by respiratory movements
Signs
1. Apply pressure on remote segment of the rib
  1. Causes Fracture site pain
Differential Diagnosis
1. Costochondritis
Radiology: Rib XRay or Chest XRay
1. Often normal despite Fracture

Cough fracture of ribs (C0567413)
Concepts	Injury or Poisoning (T037)
English	Cough fracture, Cough fracture of ribs
Spanish	fractura de costillas por tos
Parent Concepts	Rib Fractures (C0035522), Duplicate concept (C1274013)
Sources	SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

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Cough fractureAka: Rib Fracture due to Cough

Cough fracture of ribs (C0567413)

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