Coat hanger sign of ribs

What it means

An abnormal morphology of the ribs consisting of shorted, abnormally curved ribs. On posteroanterior chest radiography, the ribs show a curvature resembling that of a coat hanger (clothes hanger).

The coat hanger abnormality of the ribs is said to be a useful diagnostic marker of paternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 14.

Rare diseases that can present with this4

The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.

Part of the broader category