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Fell aug, severe internal back bruising.xray nothing broken.now front bottom left ribcage area is sticking out like lump.no pain but hard sleep side.
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Need chest CT scan: You may be calcified hematoma. Need CT scan of chest.
Answered 4/7/2016
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Rib protruding -fall: Would repeat xray. Sometimes whe na fracture is new , you may miss it on xray especially if not displaced. later when t he bone heals there is a different density/position so you can detect the fracture . f/u w/doc
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