Cough fracture: stress on the ribs

Authors

  • Sangara Narayanan Narayanasamy Department of General Surgery, Sri Venkateshwaraa Medical College Hospital & Research Centre, Pondicherry
  • Selvakumaran Selvaraju Department of General Surgery, Sri Venkateshwaraa Medical College Hospital & Research Centre, Pondicherry
  • Nirmalkumar Gopalakrishnan Department of Radiology, Sri Venkateshwaraa Medical College Hospital & Research Centre, Pondicherry
  • Rakeshraj Elumala Department of General Surgery, Sri Venkateshwaraa Medical College Hospital & Research Centre, Pondicherry

Keywords:

Cough fracture, Ribs, Chest pain

Abstract

Cough can be associated with many complications. In this article, we present an 18 year female presenting with cough related stress fracture of the ninth rib. The purpose of this paper is to call attention to an infrequent but possibly often unrecognized cause of pain in the chest of sudden onset and resembling dry pleurisy in its symptoms.

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Published

2017-01-07

How to Cite

Narayanasamy, S. N., Selvaraju, S., Gopalakrishnan, N., & Elumala, R. (2017). Cough fracture: stress on the ribs. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 3(3), 808–809. Retrieved from https://www.msjonline.org/index.php/ijrms/article/view/1385

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Case Reports