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Plain chest radiograph in a 12-year-old boy with proven coarctation of the aorta. Rib notching (arrow) due to pressure erosion indicates enlargement and tortuosity of intercostal arteries that provide collateral blood flow to circumvent the stenotic aortic segment.
