Sternal cleft

{{Infobox medical condition (new) | name = Sternal cleft | synonyms = Sternum bifidum<ref>{{cite web |last1=RESERVED |first1=INSERM US14-- ALL RIGHTS |title=Orphanet: Sternal cleft |url=https://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/OC_Exp.php?lng=en&Expert=2017 |website=www.orpha.net |access-date=17 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref> | image = Sternal_cleft_by_hariadhi.svg | alt = | caption = | pronounce = | field = | symptoms = | complications = | onset = | duration = | types = | causes = | risks = | diagnosis = | differential = | prevention = | treatment = | medication = | prognosis = | frequency = | deaths = }} '''Sternal clefts''' are rare congenital malformations that result from defective embryologic fusion of paired mesodermal bands in the ventral midline.<ref name="Bolognia">{{cite book |author=Rapini, Ronald P. |author2=Bolognia, Jean L. |author3=Jorizzo, Joseph L. |title=Dermatology: 2-Volume Set |publisher=Mosby |location=St. Louis |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-4160-2999-1 }}</ref> They may be associated with other midline defects (as in pentalogy of Cantrell). It may also occur in isolation.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Zamfir|first1=Corina|title=Sternal cleft – A rare congenital malformation|journal=Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports|volume=2|issue=3|pages=97–100|doi=10.1016/j.epsc.2014.01.012|year=2014|doi-access=free}}</ref> Sternal cleft is treated by surgery in early life to avoid fixation leading to immobility.

== See also == * PHACE association * List of cutaneous conditions

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Category:Musculoskeletal disorders