TY - JOUR
T1 - Episternal ossicles
AU - Stark, P.
AU - Watkins, G. E.
AU - Hildebrandt-Stark, H. E.
AU - Dunbar, R. D.
N1 - Eight hundred computed tomographic (CT) scans of the chest were reviewed, and 12 cases of episternal ossicles were found. Eight persons had paired ossicles, and four had unilateral ossicles. The overall frequency in the study population was 1.5% (men, 1.4%; women, 1.7%).
PY - 1987
Y1 - 1987
N2 - Eight hundred computed tomographic (CT) scans of the chest were reviewed, and 12 cases of episternal ossicles were found. Eight persons had paired ossicles, and four had unilateral ossicles. The overall frequency in the study population was 1.5% (men, 1.4%; women, 1.7%). Episternal ossicles represent a normal variant and should be distinguished from fracture fragments, sequestra, foreign bodies, calcified lymph nodes, or vascular calcifications.
AB - Eight hundred computed tomographic (CT) scans of the chest were reviewed, and 12 cases of episternal ossicles were found. Eight persons had paired ossicles, and four had unilateral ossicles. The overall frequency in the study population was 1.5% (men, 1.4%; women, 1.7%). Episternal ossicles represent a normal variant and should be distinguished from fracture fragments, sequestra, foreign bodies, calcified lymph nodes, or vascular calcifications.
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U2 - 10.1148/radiology.165.1.3628759
DO - 10.1148/radiology.165.1.3628759
M3 - Article
C2 - 3628759
SN - 0033-8419
VL - 165
SP - 143
EP - 144
JO - Radiology
JF - Radiology
IS - 1
ER -