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What Does An Extra Rib Mean

Premium Questions

Dr. Ronald Schubert MD

What does it mean when you find you take an extra breath involuntarily. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ronald Schubert ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel MD

What does it mean when a indentation suddenly appears on my rib age? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel ( General Surgeon)
Dr. Praveen MD

I had an xray showing an area on rib showing it was more dense (darker). What else could it be besides a mass? Im waiting to have a ct scsn of my ribs. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Praveen ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Kiran Kumar MD

microhaemorrhages. What does this mean? ...I had an MRI Brain scan yesterday and was diagnosed with a thin extra axial hemorrhage over the ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kiran Kumar ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr. Grzegorz Stanko MD

What does a pain under left rib mean with a lot of burping and bloating ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Grzegorz Stanko ( General Surgeon)

Public Forum Discussions

Dr.  Sabyasachi Das MD

appt? Can it wait? Should I wait? What happens if it is an extra rib? Why does that happen? How did it ... investigating it seems as though it might be an extra rib.... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sabyasachi Das ( Pediatrician)
Dr. Ravi Kotecha MD

x-ray and it came back I have an extra rib that is putting pressure on my C7 and that I also have and that I have flattening of lordosis on my lower left side caused by rudimentary cervical... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ravi Kotecha ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi MD

underneath, I thought it might be a lipoma but she said it was an extra rib? It is a bit sore and seems to move when I touch it, does this sound like an extra rib to you? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi MD

I was told I have an extra rib when I was twenty five and the pain is at the bottom of the left ... extra rib from Adam. But seriously can you have an extra rib in... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Indu Kumar MD

border is seen in the left lung base. This has the appearance of an extra-pulmonary lesion, eg pleural lesion, localised hump of the diaphragm, etc. What does it mean? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Indu Kumar ( Radiologist)