¹National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Cali-Colombia.

²Faculty of Health Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Cali-Colombia

³Faculty of Medicine, Santiago of Cali, University, Cali-Colombia.

Corresponding Author: Oscar Alonso Plaza, National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Cali-Colombia, E-Mail: [email protected]

Received Date:  13 Mar 2018  
Accepted Date:  29 Mar 2018  
Published Date: 03 Apr 2018

Copyright © 2018 Plaza OA

Citation: Plaza OA. (2018). Rib Forked of Lushka. Mathews J Foren. 1(1): 002.

 

ABSTRACT

The anatomical variations of the costal arches are rare and may vary from its usual presentation as are the cervical ribs, to the more unusual such as lumbar ribs, bifurcated, synostosis, presenting these variations frequently in the seventh cervical and first chest. The bifurcated variant of a costal arch at its distal end near the junction of the sternum was described by Lushka in 1860, clinical presentation is asymptomatic and diagnosis is eminently radiological, when the bifurcated rib is associated with two pathologies such as Tumor Queratoquistico Odontogenic jaw and the Gorlin-Goltz syndrome.

KEYWORDS

Rib Forked; Traumatic Injury; Abuse; Surgical Approaches.