Teenager with a palpable right upper chest wall mass

Musculoskeletal
CXR of a bifid rib
CXR AP at 1 day of life (above) shows the right third rib to bifurcate starting posteriorly into two separate ribs. CXR AP today at 16 years of age (below) clearly shows the two heads of the right third rib.

The diagnosis was right third bifid rib.

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