Comprehensive clinical and radiological diagnostics of parietal chest formations

Among the numerous diseases of the chest and chest cavity organs, a special place is occupied by pathological processes located near the chest wall or being a lesion of its individual parts (pleura, ribs, intercostal nerves, soft tissues). We are talking about such pathological processes as peripheral lung cancer, rib metastases, rib lymphogranulomatosis, inflammatory diseases and tumors of the ribs, as well as various genesis of muscle damage, intercostal nerves, subcutaneous tissue and skin of the chest wall. Differential diagnosis of these diseases is associated with significant difficulties, however, this issue has not been adequately covered in the literature.