Rib spur causing a hemothorax, pneumothorax, and diaphragmatic injury in a pediatric patient

Recurrent Haemothorax Secondary to the Aberrant Vessel and Rib Bone Spurs: Coincidence or Correlation? A Case Report

“…Bone spur (also called osteophyte) is a bony projection that develops along bony edges and undergoes biomechanical changes due to local inflammation e.g. infection, trauma, and degenerative arthritis [1,2]. As both bleeding causes can be due to similarities in origin, this presentation suggests a correlation rather than coincidence.…”