An unusual case of multiple mesosternal foramina.
We present an unusual example of multiple mesosternal foramina (MMF). The alignment of the paired defects is unlike any previously described. Although single sternal defects are often encountered, paired defects are quite uncommon. This is the first documented example of bilateral paired defects in the sternum.
McCormick
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WF
University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, USA.
Flournoy
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LE
Rogers
N L
NL
Ross
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AH
D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D018732:Forensic Anthropology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008371:Manubrium / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D013249:Sternum / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000033:anatomy & histology