Tags: Anatomical Structure.

Traube’s (semilunar) space is an anatomic space of some clinical importance. It is a crescent-shaped space encompassed by the lower edge of the left lung the anterior border of the spleen the left costal margin and the inferior margin of the left lobe of the liver. Thus its surface markings are respectively the left sixth rib superiorly the left anterior axillary line laterally and the left costal margin inferiorly.

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