Signs of a broken rib may include: * Pain on inhalation * Swelling in chest area * Bruise in chest area * Increasing shortness of breath * Coughing up blood (rib may have damaged lung) Plain X-rays often pick up displaced<unk> s but often miss undisplaced<unk> s. CT scanning is generally able to pick up both types of<unk> s. Because children have more flexible chest walls than adults do, their ribs are more likely to bend than to break; therefore the presence of<unk> s in children is evidence of a significant amount of force and may indicate severe thoracic injuries such as pulmonary contusion.<unk> s are also a sign of more serious injury in elderly people. File:Rib<unk> s 2 -- Smart-Servier.Illustration showing<unk>  at 3rd, 4th and 5th rib. File:X-ray of<unk> s and pneumothorax.Right sided pneumothorax and<unk> s File:BrokenRidCTParaSag.Two broken ribs as seen on parasagittal CT
Rib fracture
Costochondritis
Flail chest
Tietze syndrome  Tietze syndrome  1
Pulmonary contusion
Diaphragmatic rupture
Twelfth rib syndrome
Hemothorax