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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">932</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>CASE REPORT OF SYNOSTOSIS OF FIRST AND SECOND RIB - A BRIDGED VARIETY&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Joshi</surname><given-names>Uttama U.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Mudiraj</surname><given-names>N.R.</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><volume/><issue/><fpage>55</fpage><lpage>57</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>Congenital anomalies of ribs are rare incidental findings. Structural malformations of first rib are common as compared to other ribs. When such anomaly is present, may lead to compression of neurovascular bundle at the root of the neck causing thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS). The reported case of a rare bone specimen was an incidental finding during routine sorting of bones from the department. The specimen displayed fusion of right sided first and second rib in the midshaft region with free anterior and posterior ends. Such skeletal abnormality may be associated with segmentation defects of bony tissues and variations in the disposition of neurovascular structures, thus making them vulnerable for compression at thoracic outlet. Thus the awareness and precise knowledge of such anomaly is important for the anatomists, radiologists and thoracic surgeons dealing with this region.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>congenital anomalies</kwd><kwd> rib</kwd><kwd> synostosis</kwd><kwd> bridged</kwd><kwd> thoracic outlet syndrome.</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
