흉골 이분증(완전형의 1부검증례)

Abstract

An autopsy case of bifid sternum in a male deadborn fetus after 22 weeks of gestation in a 25 year old mother is described. The sternum was split with the maximum distance of 3cm, and was extending from manubrium all the way down to the xyphoid process. This defect was made of thin fibrous membrane under which normally located heart was found with its intact pericardium. Rib attachment to the sternum was normally made and both clavicles were also normally formed and connected. This patient also had cleft lip and palate, flexion deformity of both hands, ventricular septal defect and horseshoe kidney.