Osteo-Arthritis of the Sterno-Clavicular Joint

Arlet, J; Ficat, P

doi:10.1136/ard.17.1.97

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“…It is possible that the osteoarthrosis, present in six patients, was secondary to previous joint inflammation. However, advanced arthrosis shown radiographiCally is a relative frequent finding in middle-aged and elderly persons [26] and may be asymptomatic [4], as in two of the present patients, whereas arthro-osteitis seems to cause symptoms. The present frequency of arthro-osteitis corresponds to the finding of increased scintigraphic activity in the ACW region in 16 of 73 Swedish patients with PPP attending an outpatient department of dermatology, 12 of whom were found to have sclerosis of the sternum and/or erosive changes demonstrable by computed tomography but not always accompanied by symptoms [17].…”

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Anterior chest wall involvement in patients with pustulosis palmoplantaris

Jurik¹

1990

Skeletal Radiol.

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With the aim of determining the frequency and radiographic features of anterior chest wall involvement in patients with pustulosis palmoplantaris, a questionnaire was sent to 107 patients. Ninety-three patients returned the questionnaire, five of whom were excluded from further analysis due to the appearance of psoriatic lesions. Twenty-five (28%) of the remaining 88 patients reported pain and/or swelling of joints or bones in the anterior chest wall. All were examined radiographically, using tomography, and a group of 20 patients without anterior chest wall complaints were examined similarly. Sixteen of the patients with, but none of the patients without, complaints were found to have arthro-osteitis of the anterior chest wall, consisting of diffuse sclerosis of the manubrium sterni in one patient, localized sclerosis in seven patients, and sequelae of arthritis of the sternoclavicular, upper sternocostal and/or manubriosternal joint in eight patients.

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Anterior chest wall involvement in patients with pustulosis palmoplantaris

Jurik¹

1990

Skeletal Radiol.

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“…All of these studies have identified the importance of the sternal end in providing precise age estimations between the approximate ages of 16 and 30 years, although recently secular changes in the timing of the epiphyseal union of the sternal clavicle have been documented in Americans during the past century (Langley-Shirley and Jantz, 2010; Shirley and Cridlin, 2012). Investigations into the progressive degeneration of the soft tissues of the sternoclavicular joint have been reported in the clinical literature (DePalma, 1957; Arlet and Ficat, 1958; Silberberg et al, 1959; Yood and Goldenberg, 1980; Waterman and Emery, 2002). DePalma (1957) found that degeneration of the fibrous disc covering the sternal end of the clavicle commenced around the fourth decade and continued through the ninth decade of life.…”

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Estimating age of mature adults from the degeneration of the sternal end of the clavicle

Falys

Prangle

2014

American J Phys Anthropol

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The sternal end of the clavicle has been illustrated to be useful in aging young adults, however, no studies have investigated what age-related changes occur to the sternal end post epiphyseal fusion. In this study, three morphological features (i.e., surface topography, porosity, and osteophyte formation) were examined and scored using 564 clavicles of individuals of European ancestry (n = 318 males; n = 246 females), with known ages of 40+ years, from four documented skeletal collections: Hamann-Todd, Pretoria, St. Bride's, and Coimbra. An ordinal scoring method was developed for each of the three traits. Surface topography showed the strongest correlation with age, and composite scores (formed by summing the three separate trait scores) indicated progressive degeneration of the surface with increasing chronological age. Linear regression analyses were performed on the trait scores to produce pooled-sample age estimation equations. Blind tests of the composite score method and regression formulae on 56 individuals, aged 40+ years, from Christ Church Spitalfields, suggest accuracies of 96.4% for both methods.These preliminary results display the first evidence of the utility of the sternal end of the clavicle in aging older adult individuals. However, in the current format, these criteria should only be applied to individuals already identified as over 40 years in order to refine the age ranges used for advanced age. These findings do suggest the sternal end of the clavicle has potential to aid age estimates beyond the traditional “mature adult” age category (i.e., 46+ years), and provides several suggestions for future research. Am J Phys Anthropol 156:203–214, 2015. © 2014 The Authors American Journal of Physical Anthropology Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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“…* Nonoperative treatment of the painful, arthritic SC joint with activity modification, heat, joint injections, antiinflammatory medications, and physical therapy is usually successful. 3,20 In those cases in which the pain becomes chronic and disabling, surgical intervention should be considered. However, there is a paucity of literature regarding the surgical treatment of this problem, as well as a very limited number of patients for which the results of surgery have been reported.…”

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