Bifi d Rib ; Report of Two Cases and the Effi cacy of 3-Dimensional Computed Tomography
Journal Title: Journal of Clinical and Analytical Medicine - Year 2010, Vol 1, Issue 2
Abstract
Congenital anomalies of ribs exist between 0.15% to 30%. These patients have minor symptoms or totally symptom-free. They are generally diagnosed accidentally. There are case report of bifi d (forked) ribs in the literature. Bifi d rib should be diff erenciated from other pathological situation of lung and chest wall including malignancies. 3-dimensional(3-D) computed tomography (CT) is a very eff ective diagnostic tool in diff erencial diagnosis of bifi d rib . We present 2 cases of bifi d rib that had the diagnosis by f 3 dimentional (3-D)computed tomography (CT) with the demonstrative images .
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- DOI 10.4328/JCAM.10.2.21
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