We present a 2-day-old female neonate with cleft of the upper sternum, patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), atrial septal defect (ASD), and subglottic hemangioma. Dimensional and Doppler echocardiography, abdominal ultrasonography, and imaging were performed. She underwent a surgical repair of sternal cleft in neonatal life. After 8 months, she developed respiratory distress, apnea due to subglottic...

In the sternum of two male B6C3F1 (SPF) mice used in a 104-week oncogenicity study, there was a developmental abnormality, not visible at necropsy. In one case, there was a large peripheral nerve of unknown origin located at a lateral parallel position to the normal appearing sternal segment. In the other case, there was a misshaped sternum with shorten segments and a cleft (sternoshisis). With...

Congenital sternal cleft is a rare chest wall malformation. Because of the flexibility of the chest in infants, surgical repair should be performed by primary closure in the neonatal period. In adolescents and adults, different techniques have been suggested to overcome the lack of sternal bone tissue. We describe a very rare case of an 18-year-old woman with a complete bifid sternum associated...

A report of a successful primary repair of a congenital complete sternal cleft in an adult using titanium plates fixed by predrilled screws to the manubrium and costal cartilages. This provided an excellent protective and cosmetic result. To our knowledge, this is the first Saudi case report in literature.

Congenital defects of the sternum are rare and due to a failure of midline development and fusion of the sternal bones. Surgical correction of a sternal cleft should be preferred during infancy for functional reasons. Chest wall reconstruction represented a complex problem in the last decades. We report our successful outcome of sternal reconstruction in a rare case of PHACES syndrome, in which...

Sternal malformation/vascular dysplasia association is a rare congenital dysmorphology, which has not yet been reported in Korea. Its typical clinical features include a sternal cleft covered with atrophic skin, a median abdominal raphe extending from the sternal defect to the umbilicus, and cutaneous craniofacial hemangiomata. We report a case of a full-term newborn who presented with no anoma...