Presentation
Pre-employment health check. Asymptomatic.
Patient Data
Age: 25 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Osteochondroma - rib
Frontal
Well-defined nodular opacity (20 x 19 mm) with increased density overlying the anterior end of the right 4th rib. No consolidation/ pleural effusion. Normal cardiac contour. Normal position of both hemidiaphragm.
From the case:
Osteochondroma - rib
Oblique Volume rendering
An exophytic bone lesion from the inferior aspect of the right 4th rib anterior end. The rest of the CT chest examination was normal.
Case Discussion
Chest X-ray of an asymptomatic patient shows a solitary pulmonary nodule. CT scan revealed a rib osteochondroma.
CT images courtesy: Radiologist Dr. Shailesh Padmani.
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