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Painful Vein Running Over Rib Cage

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Dr.   Amit Jain MD

like it running from the bottom of my rib cage (possible on top of the rib cage, I'm not sure) but down ...The lower part of my left rib cage has been very sore. I recently... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Amit Jain ( Gastroenterologist)
Dr.  Chobufo Ditah MD

I have a long vein looking thing on side of my rib cage from close to bottom of my arm pit down running down the side of rib cage then disappears into ribs...not really painfull to... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Chobufo Ditah ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Pankaj Borade MD

Notice what looks like a lump on 6 month old baby girl.. Right side upper body on rib cage .. Vein? Bluish in colour been there a few days. It doesn't seem to be bothering her? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Pankaj Borade ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Benard Shehu MD

I think it would be either left sub-clavian vein or artery , lateral mid torso--why does it feel like my heart is outside my rib cage when I lay on my left side? Is that normal? I do have HTN, but I ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Benard Shehu ( Cardiologist)
Dr. Shruti Rijhwani MD

Hi. I have a very unusual swelling OUTSIDE of my left rib cage . It feels like a thin cord, or a ... breast (I am male, 55) down nearly to, or all the way to, the bottom of my rib cage. It has... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shruti Rijhwani ( Rheumatologist)

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Dr. PALLETI SUJITH KUMAR MD

be a very hard swollen vein from about half way up my rib cage to the bottom of my rib cage. ...When I touch or lay on my right side close to the lower portion of my rib... View answer

Answered by : Dr. PALLETI SUJITH KUMAR ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Chibitam Obia MD

of my rib cage just right of centre! It pulls tight and is visible through my skin when I raise my right arm. It also feels tender at the point it meets the bottom of my rib cage ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Chibitam Obia ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Suman MD

i have small purple visable veins on the left side of my body around the rib cage area and up near my breast area, what could this be? I have had the small purple veins around my rib cage area... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Suman ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Shailja Puri Wahal MD

I have a lump over my left rib cage and it hurts to the touch. It hurts when i stretch my arms over ... vein pops out directly over the lump. The lump has been there for almost 3... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shailja Puri Wahal ( Pathologist and Microbiologist)
Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney MD

stomach. I have also been developing knots. One over my rib cage upper left and the others are in my arms, legs, and one on my rib cage lower back right. Is this all connected to the... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney ( Dermatologist)