Isolated Asymptomatic Short Sternum in a Healthy Young Girl

Turturro, Francesco; Calderaro, Cosma; Montanaro, Antonello; Labianca, Luca; Argento, Giuseppe; Ferretti, Andrea

doi:10.1155/2014/761582

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“…Even different primary rib anomalies may cause a deformity of the chest wall; however, an attentive clinical examination is sufficient for a differential diagnosis. Sternal defects are also frequent in rare genetic syndromes, such as Noonan syndrome, trisomy 17, and trisomy 18, in which they occur as a large spectrum of anomalies (sternal deformity in a shield chest, short sternum with a cleft, delayed sternal ossification) associated with other musculoskeletal malformations [17] , [19] , [20] ( Table 1 , Table 2 ).…”

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Bifid sternum in a young woman: Multimodality imaging features

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Bozzi

Ferrazzoli

et al. 2017

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Bifid sternum is a rare fusion anomaly of the chest wall that accounts for 0.15% of all chest deformities and may be associated with cardiac or vascular anomalies. It is usually diagnosed and surgically corrected at birth or within the first month of life. Being a diagnosis made during the neonatal period, computed tomography scan and magnetic resonance imaging are not often performed; not so many cases in literature have been studied with II level diagnostic imaging, such as computed tomography or magnetic resonance.We describe a case of bifid sternum, rarely diagnosed in adults, discovered in a 21-year-old woman who came to our Diagnostic Imaging Department to perform a chest magnetic resonance after a chest X-ray.

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Bifid sternum in a young woman: Multimodality imaging features

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Ferrazzoli

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“…No treatment was necessary as she was asymptomatic. 7 Another paleontological case report of relevance is the anomaly of Santa Rosa de Viterbo, an Italian mummy. A careful study of the well-preserved body had revealed isolated total agenesis of the sternum without any other identifiable abnormality.…”

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Isolated sternal hypoplasia: a rare cause of kyphoscoliosis

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In most cases, kyphoscoliosis is idiopathic. However, this is a diagnosis of exclusion and can be made only if no cause can be identified. Kyphoscoliosis can occur due to various causes. Isolated sternal anomalies may also cause kyphoscoliosis secondary to the bony deformity though this has not previously been reported in literature. We have reported a case of kyphoscoliosis secondary to isolated sternal hypoplasia with complete absence of bony and cartilaginous elements of the body and xiphoid process of the sternum without any associated deformities of mediastinal structures, lung parenchyma or soft tissues in a young male patient. Careful evaluation of patients with kyphoscoliosis can ensure timely diagnosis of unusual and potentially treatable causes for the same such as sternal anomalies. Addition of lateral chest radiographs to the imaging protocol for evaluation of kyphoscoliosis can play a major role in timely diagnosis of such cases.

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Isolated Asymptomatic Short Sternum in a Healthy Young Girl

Cited by 2 publications

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Bifid sternum in a young woman: Multimodality imaging features

Bifid sternum in a young woman: Multimodality imaging features

Isolated sternal hypoplasia: a rare cause of kyphoscoliosis

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