Bilateral sternalis with unusual left-sided presentation: A clinical perspective

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 719-722

  Kumar, Hitendra ^a   Rath, Gayatarti ^a   Sharma, Mahesh ^b   Kohli, Mangala ^a   Rani, Bidya ^a  

^a LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Aponeurosis; Mammography; Pectoralis major; Radiologists; Sternalis; Surgeons

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APONEUROSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FASCIA; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE MALFORMATION; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; RIB CARTILAGE; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; STERNUM; SURGEON; THORAX TUMOR; THORAX WALL; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0041878952     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2003.44.4.719     Document Type: Review

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