Volume : V, Issue : III, March - 2016

STERNAL FORAMEN – MEDICOLEGAL AND CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS

Neelesh Kumar Shakya, Pratibha Shakya, S. K. Pandey

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 The purpose of this study is to discuss the developmental defect of sternum to avoid any misinterpretation during autopsy and clinical practices. The case was reported during autopsy of the skeletonised body in the autopsy room of Department of Forensic Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. During autopsy, the sternal body was having an oval foramen at lower one third part measuring 8mm x 6mm. The foramen was having smooth and regular margins. The sternal foramen is a developmental defect usually found at lower one third of sternal body and formed by incomplete fusion of sternal bars. During autopsy, this foramen may be misinterpretated as gunshot or stab wound and during biopsy and acupuncture, there is risk of fatal complication such as pneumothorax and cardiac tamponade. Thus the autopsy surgeons and clinicians must have the knowledge of sternal foramen.

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NEELESH KUMAR SHAKYA, PRATIBHA SHAKYA, S.K. PANDEY STERNAL FORAMEN � MEDICOLEGAL AND CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 5, Issue : 3 March 2016

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