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Description: Radiology case 471-571 26 year old lady with bone pain, immigrant originally from India.
The posterior borders of 2nd and 3rd ribs, on both sides, show almost symmetrical low density lines crossing the each rib with sclerotic margins. These areas mark regions of mechanical stress, which is related to neighbouring attachments of the accessory muscles of respiration (the scalenes, for example).
Type: Case Study
Author/Contact: IDM
Institution: LSBU
Primary Subject/Category:
- - OCOSH Classification: Bone Diseases: Metabolic Bone Diseases: Osteomalacia
- - OCOSH Classification: Investigations: Radiology - General: Radiology - Signs
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Added: Thu Jan 31 2002
Last Modified: Tue Jul 28 2009