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Figure 1b.   Rib fracture in a 50-year-old woman with multiple myeloma. (a) Close-up posteroanterior radiograph of the right upper lung shows a poorly marginated nodular area of increased opacity overlying the anterior aspect of the right second rib (arrow). (b) CT scan shows a healed fracture of the right second rib (arrow). Note the lytic lesions in the vertebral body secondary to multiple myeloma.