Multiple rib fractures confused with loss of lung volume on chest X-ray.
Risa HirataMasaki TagoMotoko TagoPublished in: Clinical case reports (2022)
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.
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