title: CT of rib lesions.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Radiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 200 UCLA Medical Plaza, Ste. 165-57, Los Angeles, CA 90095-6952, USA.
authors: Benjamin D
authors: BD
authors: Levine
authors: Kambiz
authors: K
authors: Motamedi
authors: Kira
authors: K
authors: Chow
authors: Richard H
authors: RH
authors: Gold
authors: Leanne L
authors: LL
authors: Seeger
mesh_terms: 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*