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Images in Cardiothoracic Surgery

Demonstration of an Intrathoracic Rib With Computed Tomography and Three-Dimensional Reconstruction

^a Radiology Department, 401 Army General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece
^b Thoracic Surgery Department, 401 Army General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Pousios, Papanikolaou 7 Str, Patima Halandriou, Athens, 15238, Greece (Email: dpousios@yahoo.com).

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An intrathoracic rib represents a rare congenital anomaly of the thoracic cage [1]. Usually supernumerary ribs occur unilaterally, more commonly on the right side. In most cases they are asymptomatic; however some patients may have a fibrous diaphragmatic attachment that can cause a restrictive ventilatory defect [2, 3].

A 21-year-old asymptomatic man was admitted to our hospital with a pathologic chest roentgenogram, which showed a broad linear dense . . . [Full Text of this Article]