Bifid Rib; Report of Two Cases and the Efficacy of 3-Dimensional Computed Tomography

KARA H. V., Agladioglu K., Bulut M. D., Çobanoğlu U., Oguz S.

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND ANALYTICAL MEDICINE, cilt.1, sa.2, ss.31-33, 2010 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 1 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4328/jcam.10.2.21
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND ANALYTICAL MEDICINE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.31-33
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Bifid Rib, Forked Rib, 3D CT
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa Adresli: Hayır

Özet

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 bifid (forked) ribs in the literature. Bifid rib should be differenciated from other pathological situation of lung and chest wall including malignancies. 3-dimensional(3-D) computed tomography (CT) is a very effective diagnostic tool in differencial diagnosis of bifid rib. We present 2 cases of bifid rib that had the diagnosis by f 3 dimentional (3-D) computed tomography (CT) with the demonstrative images