An elongated dorsally curved xiphoid process

• 발행기관: 대한해부학회
• 저자명: Stefan Lachkar Joe Iwanaga R. Shane Tubbs
• 간행물 정보: 『Anatomy and Cell Biology』Vol.52(1), 102~104쪽, 전체 3쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 의학일반
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2019.03.30

영문 초록

The xiphoid process of the sternum lies in the epigastric region and functions to serve as an attachment point for vital muscles that aid in respiration. With the xiphoid process extending as the most inferior portion of the sternum, variable morphology is widely observed. During a routine dissection of a 44-year-old Caucasian male cadaver, we iscovered a hookshaped, elongated xiphoid process that protruded dorsally. Potential clinical significance can arise leading to misdiagnosis of the hook-shaped xiphoid process as an epigastric mass during imaging. Though various variations of xiphoid process have been well documented, knowledge of a hook-shaped xiphoid process orientated dorsally remains scarce. Herein, this case study provides clinicians, surgeons, and radiologists a rare anomaly of the xiphoid process in order to further the knowledge of morphological variations of the xiphoid to prevent misdiagnosis and surgical complications.

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Xiphoid process Sternum Anatomic variation Anatomy Cadaver