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Weird protruding rib
Im 16, i recently lost a bit of weight with changing my diet and i noticed something very weird, one of my ribs has some kind of a bony lump on it and its really weird looking, when i put my arms up you can see that its a lil bigger than the size of my fist and its kinda flat,it also has lil lumps could it a part of the rib or something, not painful though, my ribs look very uneven and im really curious what could it be, ive never seen something like this before because i was overweigt, help?
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Bony rib swellings at ur age are generally benign and can be left alone but first U ll need to be examined by a orthopaedician to make sure its harmless and may have to undergo x rays and/or scans to confirm the diagnosi
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