title: Partial failure of sternal fusion in an adolescent.
abstract: We describe the case of an adolescent girl who had an isolated cranial sternal cleft without any associated abnormalities; the cleft had been well tolerated since her birth. A review of the literature shows that such cases are uncommon. In such cases, surgery is only for cosmetic reasons.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Jeanne d'Arc, Toul, France.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Hoeffel
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Do
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Lê
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Phan
authors.forename: K Q
authors.initials: KQ
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Y B
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013249:Sternum / Q000002:abnormalities*