[Tietze's syndrome].

Tietze found no other abnormal findings, and the condition was self-limiting and of unknown aetiology. A revival of interest occurred at the beginning of the second world war, when Gill, Jones, and Pollak (1942) described the syndrome in five young soldiers. He noticed the persistence of the symptoms and absence of pathological changes. Geddes (1945) observed a series of 35 cases in Canadian soldiers who were otherwise in good physical condition. Deane (1951) described seven cases, and Kayser (1956) was able to review 159 cases in the world literature, with special attention to 24 in which biopsies were taken. The latest review is that of Karon, Achor, and Janes (1958), who reported their findings in six females and seven males, in whom the symptoms of swelling had persisted for from 3 days to more than 3 years. Present Investigations