Fibrous dysplasia - rib

Case contributed by Prashant Kandel
Diagnosis probable

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Fever for 1 month.

Patient Data

Age: 30 years
Gender: Female

Chest X-ray

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There is a medullary expansile, bubbly cystic/lytic lesion with fusiform enlargement and well-defined cortical margins involving the right posterior 5th rib.

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Medullary expansile, bubbly cystic/ lytic lesion with fusiform enlargement and endosteal scalloping involving the right posterior 5th rib. There are well defined cortical margins.

Case Discussion

The features, in this case, are suggestive of mono-ostotic fibrous dysplasia affecting a rib.

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