You can only see it when he has his shirt off...it looks like a lump
about the size of a quarter just above his left nipple. At first I
thought it might be muscle (or god forbid a tumor) so I asked his
p.t. and she said that it was definately bone so we called for an x-
ray.

--- In noonan_support@yahoogroups.com, <kwild1@c...> wrote:
> I have never heard of that is it something that you can see when
looking at
> him?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Beth" <zack082503@t...>
> To: <noonan_support@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 5:38 PM
> Subject: [noonan_support] Bifid rib
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> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > Zack just had a chest x-ray and they said that he has a Bifid
left
> > anterior 5th rib. The doc said that it is normal and he should
not
> > have any problems with it but that is all he said.
> >
> > Anyone else heard of this? Is it a NS anomalie?
> >
> > Any info would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Beth
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> > Yahoo! Groups Links
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