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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2313</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>FUSION FIRST AND SECOND THORACIC RIB NEAR STERNAL END&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Shashikala</surname><given-names>Londhe</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Rohini</surname><given-names>Kori</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Samreen</surname><given-names>Panjakash</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>14</day><month>09</month><year>2012</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>141</fpage><lpage>144</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>During routine work in the osteology section in the department of anatomy, Al- Ameen medical college Bijapur, we got an unusual specimen showing fusion of first and second rib near its sternal end on left side. Fusion was along the outer margin of first rib and inner margin of second rib, 2.2 cm and 2.8cm behind the costo-chondral junction, along the inner and outer margin of first and second ribs respectively.&#13;
Fused segment was 8.5cm in front of vertebral end along outer margin of first rib. 8.2cm in front of vertebral end along inner margin of second rib. Transverse Length of fused part between first and second&#13;
rib was 3.3cm and length of intercostal space in front and behind the fusion was 0.6cm and 1.1cm respectively. Both the ends of both ribs were free so intercostal space at the costochondral junction and at&#13;
the vertebral end was open. Because of such type of rib variations there are chances of compression of&#13;
neurovascular bundle along the intercostal space. These fused rib affect chest wall expansion, may result&#13;
in respiratory complications. Knowledge and awareness of such anatomical variation of rib is important&#13;
for physicians, radiologist and surgeons.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Fusion</kwd><kwd> first and second thoracic rib.</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
