Bifid rib
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Bifid rib
- Rib variants occasionally cause confusion when interpreting a chest X-ray - ribs may be missing, hypoplastic, fused or bifid
- These anomalies are rarely of clinical significance
Fused ribs
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Fused ribs
- The 1st and 2nd ribs are congenitally fused
- The 3rd rib and the other ribs are normal
Hypoplastic rib
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Hypoplastic rib
- The 4th right rib is small