Sternal cleft--a natural absurdity or a surgical opportunity.
Sternal cleft is a rare visually dramatic congenital anomaly. It results from failure of fusion of the 2 lateral mesodermal sternal bars by the 8 weeks of gestation. Superior clefts are more frequent than inferior ones, and isolated central clefts are extremely rare. We describe the case of a 4-year-old girl with a central sternal cleft that was closed autogenously with pectoralis major advancement flaps.
Luthra
Suvitesh
S
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India. suviteshluthra@yahoo.com
Dhaliwal
Rajinder Singh
RS
Singh
Harkant
H
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005660:Funnel Chest; D006801:Humans; D010369:Pectoralis Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D010496:Pericardium / Q000002:abnormalities; D013249:Sternum / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures