title: Case report. Isolated complete congenital sternal cleft in an adult: MDCT imaging findings.
abstract: Sternal cleft is a very rare midline defect. Incomplete forms are more common than complete ones. In this challenging anomaly, the underlying mediastinal structures (especially the heart and great vessels) can easily be injured by external trauma. In addition, the deformity is cosmetically unpleasant and quite alarming to the young patient and the patient's family. In this report, we describe the multidetector CT (MDCT) images that demonstrate the complete sternal cleft.
authors.affiliation: Sarikamis Military Hospital, Department of Radiology, Sarikamis, Kars, Turkey. bilbat_23@yahoo.com
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Battal
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Karademir
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bozlar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saglam
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bulakbasi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tasar
mesh_terms: D005660:Funnel Chest / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013249:Sternum / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D055815:Young Adult