Ectopic metaplastic ossification after sternotomy Vincenzo Lepore, MD, Mats Geijer, MD, Vigdis Petursdottir, MD, Anders Jeppsson, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 70, Issue 5, Pages 1716-1718 (November 2000) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02151-2
Fig 1 Multiple metaplastic cutaneous ossifications and scar infections in an 80-year-old man 4 years after sternotomy. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 70, 1716-1718DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02151-2)
Fig 2 Computed tomography of the sternum, demonstrating a partial pseudarthrosis in the corpus sterni and cutaneous bone islets. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 70, 1716-1718DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02151-2)
Fig 3 Cross section of the skin, showing a bone islet with osteocytes and bone lamellae, chronic inflammation in adjacent dermis, and a sebaceous gland at lower right. (Hematoxylin and eosin; ×10.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 70, 1716-1718DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02151-2)