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Thongngarm T, McMurray RW. Osteoarthritis of the sternoclavicular joint. J Clin Rheumatol. 2000;6(5):269-71doi: 10.1097/00124743-200010000-00007.
Thongngarm, T., & McMurray, R. W. (2000). Osteoarthritis of the sternoclavicular joint. Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases, 6(5), 269-71. https://doi.org/10.1097/00124743-200010000-00007
Thongngarm, T, and McMurray, R W. "Osteoarthritis of the sternoclavicular joint." Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases vol. 6,5 (2000): 269-71. doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/00124743-200010000-00007
Thongngarm T, McMurray RW. Osteoarthritis of the sternoclavicular joint. J Clin Rheumatol. 2000 Oct;6(5):269-71. doi: 10.1097/00124743-200010000-00007. PMID: 19078484.
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J Clin Rheumatol. 2000 Oct;6(5):269-71. doi: 10.1097/00124743-200010000-00007.

Osteoarthritis of the sternoclavicular joint.

Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases

T Thongngarm, R W McMurray

Affiliations

  1. Department of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok Thailand, and Division of Rheumatology and Molecular Immunology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi; Rheumatology Section/Medicine Service, G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Hospital and the Division of Rheumatology and Molecular Immunology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi.

PMID: 19078484 DOI: 10.1097/00124743-200010000-00007

Abstract

Primary osteoarthritis of the sternoclavicular joint (SCJ) is relatively common, occurring in 90% of people over age 60, and must be considered in the differential of chest wall pain. Lesions typically appear after age 40 years and are either bilateral or slightly more common in the SCJ of the dominant hand. Diagnosis by plain x-rays is confounded by overlapping structures; therefore SCJ osteoarthritis is most easily diagnosed by classic radiographic findings on computed tomography of the sternoclavicular joint. Treatment consists of rest, physical therapy, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or local corticosteroid injection, with surgery for those with intractable pain.

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