“…Bilateral supernumerary lumbar ribs were rarely reported with no consensus on their incidence or prevalence rates. 1 Most of the supernumerary lumbar ribs were found accidentally without obvious symptoms and they were often mistakenly diagnosed as kissing osteophytes, abdominal vessel abnormalities and/or fractures of the transverse processes. 2 For clinical significance, in the case of uncertainty in counting intercostal space for VATS surgery, supernumerary lumbar ribs should be suspected.…”