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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Hirata, Risa
• Tago, Masaki
• Tago, Motoko

Titel

Multiple rib fractures confused with loss of lung volume on chest X‐ray

Ist Teil von

• Clinical case reports, 2022-08, Vol.10 (8), p.n/a

Ort / Verlag

Bognor Regis: John Wiley & Sons, Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

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Quelle

Wiley Blackwell Single Titles

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A 90‐year‐old woman with osteoporosis and no recent injury history visited the hospital for a regular checkup. Chest X‐ray showed a loss of right upper lung volume. Although we suspected pulmonary parenchymal or pleural disease, computed tomography revealed multiple rib fractures on the right side, which caused thoracic deformation. Multiple rib fractures without a history of injury can present with similar findings to severe trauma on chest X‐ray. Physicians should carefully check chest X‐rays because findings of a thoracic deformity can be confused with pleural diseases.