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What does it mean if your upper rib cage hurts when you touch it?
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Need to diagnose: Most likely an inflammatory condition called costochondritis. If there was trauma consider fracture or dislocation the xray shown is a fracture dislocation of the ankle.
Answered 4/15/2019
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