Sternal foramen

A large sternal foramen

Sternum is formed from bilateral mesenchymatous condensations, sternal plates, which begin in the dorsolateral region of body wall. These plates undergo chondrification, move ventrally towards each other from both sides, and they eventually fuse together across the midline in a craniocaudal direction. Mesosternum (body) ossifies from 4 sternebrae. Sternal foramen, of varying size and form, may ...

A rare entity: sternal foramen.

A case of an incomplete sternal foramen

Case Report A 55-year-old male patient underwent computed tomography (CT) of the chest to rule out malignancy. A standard chest CT scan was taken on a 16slice CT scanner (Activion®, Toshiba Medical Systems, Tokio, Japan) with a slice thickness of 1 mm after intravenous administration of 60 mL iodinzed contrast media (Imeron® 350, Bracco Imaging, Konstanz, Germany). Incidentally a rounded defect...

Sternal Foramen Simulating Osteolytic Lesion on Scintigraphy and SPET Imaging

Received 10/14/2002; accepted 10/29/2002. For correspondence or reprints contact: Michel De Maeseneer M.D., Ph.D., Department of Radiology, Free University Brussels, Laerbeeklaan 101, 1090 Jette, Brussels, Belgium. Tel: (32)2-4775320, Fax: (32)2-4775296, E-mail: [email protected] We present a 34-year-old man with pain at the level of the anterior chest wall. A lesion of the rib or rib car...

Morphological approach of the sternal foramen: an anatomic study and a short review of the literature.

BACKGROUND The sternal foramen (SF) constitutes a specific anatomic defect in sternum, indicating an impaired fusion of ossificated segments, which occurs either in an anatomical part of the sternum or in sternal joints. The aim of this article is to provide baseline statistical data about the variations of the SF, to present a short review of the relevant literature and to compare results with...