Sternal cupping: a new finding in childhood sickle cell anemia.
Discrete cupping of sternal segments has not been reported previously in children with sickle cell anemia (SCA). In a retrospective study, this phenomenon was observed in 8% of children with homozygous SCA and in 10.6% of children with sickle cell-hemoglobin C disease, and thus should be included in the spectrum of osseous abnormalities associated with this disease. In this review, sternal cupping was a temporary phenomenon of little clinical significance. However, radiologists should be aware of this finding so that it is not mistaken for a more serious pathologic process in the sternum.
D000293:Adolescent; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006445:Hemoglobin C Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006579:Heterozygote; D006720:Homozygote; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007511:Ischemia; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013249:Sternum / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*