The causes of sternal pain in children are as follows.
Sternal pain in children’s sternum Children with sternal pain should firstly be identified if it is pain in areas such as the posterior sternum or precordial area. Secondly if it is indeed pain in the sternum, it needs to be determined if there has been any trauma, if there is a history of trauma it may be a soft tissue contusion of the chest or a fracture of the sternum etc. If there has been no trauma, it could be inflammation of the rib cartilage, and the possibility of the presence of a tumour cannot be ruled out, but you still need to go to hospital for the relevant tests to make a diagnosis.