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Is Enlarged Rib the Result of Cancer?

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January 28th, 2006
i have an enlarged rib it rarely hurts and it kindof squashy when i touch it.im just getting quite paranoid that its cancer and that il die or something it sounds really odd but im just a weird thinker. is there any chance my suspicions could be true and its cancer?


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An enlarged rib is not a sign of lung cancer. An enlarged rib is probably a congenital malformation, but only an X-ray image can solve the case.
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