CASE REPORT
Year : 2015  |  Volume : 8  |  Issue : 5  |  Page : 670-671

Bifid rib: A rare anomaly


Department of Anatomy, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Correspondence Address:
Mythili Krishnan Rathinasabapathi
Department of Anatomy, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune - 411 040, Maharashtra
India
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Source of Support: Nil., Conflict of Interest: None declared.


DOI: 10.4103/0975-2870.164952

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A case of the bifid rib was found during routine bone study. The distal part of the osseous rib bifurcated into two divisions with an angle of 60°. Both divisions had their own costal cartilage. Bifid rib is a congenital abnormality of the rib cage and usually asymptomatic, often discovered incidentally on chest X-ray. Effects of this neuroskeletal anomaly can include respiratory difficulties and neurological limitations.


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