title: Systemic disorders affecting the thoracic cage.
abstract: Conventional chest roentgenograms provide an opportunity to study changes in the thoracic cage produced by systemic or localized disorders. Careful evaluation of abnormalities often gives a clue to the diagnosis of clinically unsuspected disorders. In this article, the authors present a review of developmental, granulomatous, collagen vascular, hematopoietic, metabolic, endocrine, and neoplastic disorders affecting the thoracic cage.
mesh_terms: D000172:Acromegaly / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000308:Adrenocortical Hyperfunction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000328:Adult; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001848:Bone Diseases, Developmental / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D012080:Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D006962:Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014582:Urticaria Pigmentosa / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging