[Roentgen findings of the sternum].
The x-ray findings of the sternum of 120 patients are analyzed. The difficulties to prove fractures, metastasis, inflammation, and degenerative alterations are shown, and the differential diagnosis is discussed. The exclusion of pathological findings is valuable only after diagnostic with different projections and sagittal and transversal tomography.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013247:Sternoclavicular Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013248:Sternocostal Joints / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013249:Sternum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray
Röntgenbefunde des Sternum.