Is Enlarged Rib the Result of Cancer? Posted: 01-28-06 15:08pm
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?
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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