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How common is it to have extra bones in your skeleton?
Some adults do indeed have more than 206 bones. These extras, known as accessory bones or supernumerary bones, may occur when ...
Pectus excavatum is a type of chest wall deformity. It causes your chest to look sunken or indented. This sunken shape is why people sometimes call the condition funnel chest. Pectus excavatum causes ...
Chest tumors can be benign or malignant. Both types of tumors can cause similar symptoms, such as pain or swelling in the chest area. The chest wall forms the protective casing for the heart, lungs, ...
Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — On the Nature and Treatment of the Distortions to Which the Spine and Bones of the Chest Are Subject; With an Inquiry into the Merits of the ...
Some kinds of bone cancer can develop in a person’s ribs. However, these bone cancer types are extremely rare. Cancer that forms in a person’s bones is called primary bone cancer (PBC). Another name ...
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