AN ISOLATED SUPERIOR STERNAL CLEFT IN A NEONATE IN WESTERN KENYA: CASE REPORT

East Afr Med J. 2014 Aug;91(8):286-8.

Abstract

Sternal cleft is a rare congenital anomaly and very few cases have been described especially in Africa. This is a case of an isolated superior sternal cleft in a term neonate in Western Kenya.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Kenya
  • Musculoskeletal Abnormalities* / diagnostic imaging
  • Radiography
  • Sternum / abnormalities*
  • Sternum / diagnostic imaging
  • Ultrasonography

Supplementary concepts

  • Sternal cleft