Hello, I have been dealing with a left rib issue for a few years now. My left rib is about 3 times the size of my right rib and seems to be growing. I used to have a lot of pain in the lower front of that rib and could not lay on my stomach or even hug people. I had a left intercostal nerve block and when that didn t work was given cortisone injections to the back of the rib under xray. Fast forward two years later, my rib continues to grow, I am having pain in the backside of the rib and stomach pain next the front - both pains are on the same plane (area bottom of rib cage same spot if you drew a line from front to back). I am also getting dizzy spells. I am waiting to get approval for an MRI and CAT scan because I have only had xrays which do not show anything wrong. Any ideas? I am kind of getting nervous about this - not worried about the abnormal looking rib as much as what is causing this and why it is growing without any answers from the doctors.