Radiology Review
In Middle of Trip, Woman Falls
A 70-year-old woman presents to your emergency department for evaluation of right knee pain secondary to a fall. She and her husband, in the...
Answer
The radiograph demonstrates a normal gas pattern with a properly placed enteric feeding tube, which appears to be within the stomach. Of note is a sclerotic-appearing lesion on the posterior aspect of the left eighth rib. In a patient with a possible tumor, this lesion poses concern for potential metastasis and warrants appropriate work-up.
