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What Causes Severe Pain Around The Rib Cage After An Injury?

I fell three weeks ago yesterday and went to the emergency room 48 hours later. After running CT scans on my head, spine, and a contrast scan on my abdomen, I was sent home seven hours later. During my fall, my lower left rib cage and side landed on the front corner of a toilet bowl. The pain in my right side is getting worse instead of better. There has been no signs of external bruising. Could it be possible that all those scans of the center of my body missed a cracked rib on my side?
Wed, 7 Jun 2017
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I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

Usually it can't be missed, if a small fissure is visible on a CT scan, but men depend mistakes can be made (error humanum est), which means have a second look on your CT scan by the doctor or another radiologist. If the second look is the same with the first then it means you have a contusion and a contusion even without fractures can be very painful. Keep in contact with your doctors and have some pain killers if there is everything okay in the CT scan.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

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Dr. Klodian
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What Causes Severe Pain Around The Rib Cage After An Injury?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. Usually it can t be missed, if a small fissure is visible on a CT scan, but men depend mistakes can be made (error humanum est), which means have a second look on your CT scan by the doctor or another radiologist. If the second look is the same with the first then it means you have a contusion and a contusion even without fractures can be very painful. Keep in contact with your doctors and have some pain killers if there is everything okay in the CT scan. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Klodian