Science and technology plan project of Xi'an,Grant/Award Number:GXYD17.12;Open Fund of Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Network Data Intelligent Processing,Grant/Award Number:XUPT-KLND(201802,201803);Key Research and Development Program of Shaanxi,Grant/Award Number:2019GY-021。
Fracture is one of the most common and unexpected traumas.If not treated in time,it may cause serious consequences such as joint stiffness,traumatic arthritis,and nerve injury.Using computer vision technology to detec...
BACKGROUND Osseous hemangiomas,especially those located in the manubrium,are rare benign tumors.In a review of the literature,only three case reports of sternal hemangioma were found.A precise diagnosis is difficult b...
BACKGROUND Chondrosarcoma,a cartilage matrix producing tumor,is the second most commonly observed primary bone tumor after osteosarcoma,accounting for 15%of all chest wall malignancies.We herein report the case of a p...
Introduction: Pentalogy of Cantrell is a rare disorder described by Cantrell in 1958 and characterized by heart anomalies, involving defects of the diaphragm, abdominal wall, supraumbilical region and pericardium. Met...
BACKGROUND Sternal tumors are difficult to diagnose, and usually need to be differentiated from other diseases such as tuberculosis, osteosarcoma, intrathoracic thyroid and thymoma. The sternum is a rare site of Hodg...
Ectopia cordis(EC)is a rare malformation due to failure of maturation of the midline mesodermal components of the chest and abdomen.It can be defined as 0.1%of congenital heart diseases,and it could present isolated o...
Aim: The sternal region, cervico-mandibular region and the intra-mammary region have been the bane of many cutaneous surgeons, with a higher propensity for poor scarring and wound complications. In this article, the a...
The Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS) is a connective tissue disorder that is associated with vascular abnormalities, including aggressive aortic aneurysms, as well as skeletal and craniofacial malformations. The molecular m...
A young Somali immigrant presents with a two-year history of a large, firm, painful right anterolateral chest wall sternal mass. The patient denied any history of trauma or infection at the site and did not have a fev...
Objective To retrospectively investigate the clinical characteristics of sternal insufficiency fractures(SIFs) of post-menopausal women.Methods Findings on the clinical presentation,associated diseases,and imaging of ...