Isolated Sternal Cleft in a Patient With Coronary Artery Disease

A cleft sternum is a very rare developmental anomaly. It is caused by failure of fusion of the two lateral mesodermal sternal bars which later form the sternum. Diagnosis of cleft sternum is generally made in the neonatal period, and it is usually associated with other congenital defects. Occasional...

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Published inWorld journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery Vol. 7; no. 2; p. 238
Main Authors Ates, Mehmet Sanser, Duvan, Ibrahim, Onuk, Burak Emre, Kurtoglu, Murat
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.03.2016
Subjects
Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump
Coronary Artery Disease - complications
Coronary Artery Disease - surgery
Female
Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Incidental Findings
Middle Aged
Musculoskeletal Abnormalities - complications
Musculoskeletal Abnormalities - diagnosis
Musculoskeletal Abnormalities - diagnostic imaging
Perioperative Period
Sternum - abnormalities
Sternum - diagnostic imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
sternal cleft
off-pump surgery
coronary artery surgery
adult congenital heart surgery
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Summary:A cleft sternum is a very rare developmental anomaly. It is caused by failure of fusion of the two lateral mesodermal sternal bars which later form the sternum. Diagnosis of cleft sternum is generally made in the neonatal period, and it is usually associated with other congenital defects. Occasionally, patients with cleft sternum may be reported late in the childhood or even in adulthood. We present the case of an adult patient with sternal cleft diagnosed incidentally in the perioperative period at the time of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. No other skeletal or cardiac congenital anomalies had been noted previously in this patient.
ISSN:2150-136X
DOI:10.1177/2150135115589790