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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">938</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>BIFID RIBS - A RARE CHEST WALL DEFORMITY:A CASE REPORT&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>S.</surname><given-names>Murali Krishna</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>V.</surname><given-names>Rajesh</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>P.</surname><given-names>Udaya Kumar</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>T.</surname><given-names>Kalpana</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>M.</surname><given-names>Chandra Mohan</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>B.</surname><given-names>Naveen Kumar</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><volume/><issue/><fpage>84</fpage><lpage>86</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>Aim: Aim of the present case is to report and describe a rare case of chest wall deformity in a 70 years old male cadaver. Case Report: Variations in the anterior chest wall are rare. Present case describes bifid ribs involving the right 3rd rib and 3rd costal cartilage, 5th rib and 5th costal cartilage which were observed during routine dissections for undergraduate medical students. When compared to the lower intercostal spaces, the upper intercostal spaces of the third and fifth bifid ribs were found to be narrow. Intercostal muscles were present in both the bifid spaces. They received their nerve supply and arterial supply from the 3rd and 5th intercostal nerves and arteries respectively. Conclusion: It is important to know about such anatomical variations, for clinicians during differential diagnosis with other diseases, such as a chest wall tumors or costal fracture and for counting the ribs.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Bifid rib</kwd><kwd> intercostal space</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
