CT of rib lesions.
OBJECTIVE
This article discusses how ribs are involved in a variety of traumatic, metabolic, inflammatory, neoplastic, and congenital disorders.


CONCLUSIONS
We review the normal anatomy pertinent to rib imaging and illustrate the key features of a variety of rib lesions, emphasizing the diagnostic value of CT.
Levine
Benjamin D
BD
Department of Radiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 200 UCLA Medical Plaza, Ste. 165-57, Los Angeles, CA 90095-6952, USA.
Motamedi
Kambiz
K
Chow
Kira
K
Gold
Richard H
RH
Seeger
Leanne L
LL
D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D012253:Rib Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D012272:Ribs / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*