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EJMO. 2017; 1(2): 106-107 | DOI: 10.14744/ejmo.2017.92486Fusion of Ribs Mimicking Cavitary Lesion
Sercin Ozkok
1, Halil Ibrahim Yakar
2, Asiye Kanbay
2, Erkan Ceylan
21Department of Radiology, Istanbul Medeniyet University Goztepe Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, 2Department of Pulmonology, Istanbul Medeniyet University Goztepe Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, Fusion of the ribs is one of the most frequent anomalies in rib pathologies. Anomalies of the ribs may be isolated or a component of a congenital syndrome or metabolic disease. It is usually asymptomatic and detected incidentally on a plain chest radiography. Presently described is a case of a patient with a rib fusion mimicking a cavitary lesion observed on a plain chest radiography. Rib anomalies, including rib fusion, are often undiagnosed during radiological evaluation; however, they may lead to unnecessary diagnostic tests and treatments. Thus, rib fusion should be considered in the differential diagnosis of cavitary lesions.
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Ozkok S, Yakar H, Kanbay A, Ceylan E. Fusion of Ribs Mimicking Cavitary Lesion. EJMO. 2017; 1(2): 106-107
Corresponding Author: Sercin Ozkok
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