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“Complete sternal cleft with patent foramen ovale and meckel’s diverticulum”

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  • Indian Journal of Basic & Applied Medical Research

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  • 2013

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Abstract (2. Language): 
We report herein a rare case of complete congenital sternal cleft (absent sternum) in association with Meckel’s diverticulitis and patent foramen ovale. Sternal defects are classified as partial (superior and inferior) and complete. Complete clefts are rarer. Till now only 25 cases has been reported in literature1, 2. In neonates with absent sternum, the sternal bars can be easily approximated by simple suture, due to the flexibility of the cartilaginous thorax. There is also little danger of cardiac compression when the repair is performed early in life. Clinical outcome may be unfavourable when an associated anomaly, particularly, an intra cardiac anomaly coexists with the defect. If reconstruction is delayed, the increased rigidity of the chest wall and the physiologic accommodation of the thoracic organs to the circumference of the chest render simple approximation impossible, without serious compromise of the heart and lungs.
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