[Painful rib syndrome (or Cyriax syndrome). Study of 100 patients].

Objective: To analyse clinical expression and outcome of painful rib syndrome in a large series of 100 cases.

Methods: From 1978 to 1993, 100 consecutive patients with chronic anterior chest pain or supramesocolic abdominal pain of unknown origin underwent complete physical examination, laboratory tests and complementary explorations as required.

Results: Among the first 100 patients the sex ratio was 3.