Case: Chest radiograph #50285541
Chest Intermediate
Read this radiograph systematically before revealing the answer. What is the main abnormality?
Image: Huntsville Hospital Imaging via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · source · resized and converted to WebP
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Answer: Cervical rib
What to look for in cervical rib
- An extra rib arising from the seventh cervical vertebra.
- C7 transverse processes normally point downwards; T1 transverse processes point upwards — use this to count levels.
- Often an incidental finding; may be associated with thoracic outlet syndrome.
Description by the image author (may be in another language): Bilateral, symmetric, full, ossified cervical ribs.
Educational case. The diagnosis comes from the image's documented source; the "what to look for" list describes the condition in general and is not a report of this individual image.
