1975
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.124.3.423
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Sternal Anomalies and Congenital Heart Disease

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“…Although several reports have stressed that the xiphisternal centre seldom ossifies before 3 years [6,10], the 5% incidence of ossification observed in this series is similar to that of Paterson [12]. Xiphisternal ossification unlike the other segments is not related to gestational age and birth weight.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 80%
“…Although several reports have stressed that the xiphisternal centre seldom ossifies before 3 years [6,10], the 5% incidence of ossification observed in this series is similar to that of Paterson [12]. Xiphisternal ossification unlike the other segments is not related to gestational age and birth weight.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 80%
“…There is confusion about the anatomy and physiology of the growing sternum, mainly in relation to suture lines [1,2,9,16 [24,30,35,37] or the mechanism of growth at the costochondral junction [11,32].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Anomalies of the sternum have been reported in children with congenital heart disease [21,24,34], which has also been described in association with a type of pectus carinatum with premature closure of the sternal 'sutures' (growth plates) [8,9]. This deformity is classified by the author as pectus carinatum superior which occurs in the first years of life and in which there is usually premature closure of the sternal growth plates of congenital origin.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Pectus excavatum is almost always an isolated malformation, but can, however, coexist with a congenital cardiopathy (Shamberger et al 1988;Lees and Caldicott 1975;Hasegawa et al 2002). In an extensive case study involving 20,860 children who had undergone congenital cardiopathic surgery, the author.…”
Section: Pectus Excavatum and Congenital Heart Diseasesmentioning
confidence: 99%