A Fragmented Rib as the First Clue to Advanced Lung Adenocarcinoma

Hiroshi Ishii; Takuhide Utsunomiya; Yoshiaki Kinoshita; Hisako Kushima

doi:10.1002/rcr2.70201

Respirology Case Reports (May 2025)

A Fragmented Rib as the First Clue to Advanced Lung Adenocarcinoma

Hiroshi Ishii,
Takuhide Utsunomiya,
Yoshiaki Kinoshita,
Hisako Kushima

Affiliations

Hiroshi Ishii: Department of Respiratory Medicine Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital Fukuoka Japan
Takuhide Utsunomiya: Department of Respiratory Medicine Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital Fukuoka Japan
Yoshiaki Kinoshita: Department of Respiratory Medicine Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital Fukuoka Japan
Hisako Kushima: Department of Respiratory Medicine Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital Fukuoka Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.70201
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 5
pp. n/a – n/a

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ABSTRACT Severe rib destruction on initial imaging can be the first clue to advanced lung adenocarcinoma with skeletal metastases, even before respiratory symptoms appear.

Published in Respirology Case Reports

ISSN: 2051-3380 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20513380

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