A Unique Case of Left Second Supernumerary and Left Third Bifid Intrathoracic Ribs with Block Vertebrae and Hypoplastic Left Lung
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43-year-old gentleman complaining of high grade fever, cough, and chest pain was investigated with chest radiographs and helical chest CT scan and subsequently diagnosed with intrathoracic ribs. Unenhanced chest CT (coronal MIP reformatting, bone window) image in (a) shows left second supernumerary (white arrow) and left third bifid (black arrow) intrathoracic ribs, prominent extrapleural soft tissue around these ribs, and hypoplastic left lung. Unenhanced chest CT (sagittal MIP reformatting, bone window) image in (b) shows left third bifid intrathoracic rib (black arrow) and prominent extrapleural soft tissue around it (white arrow).
