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Ectopic metaplastic ossification after sternotomy

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1 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 (November 2000) DOI: /S (00)

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  , DOI: ( /S (00) )

3 Fig 2 Computed tomography of the sternum, demonstrating a partial pseudarthrosis in the corpus sterni and cutaneous bone islets. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /S (00) )

4 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  , DOI: ( /S (00) )


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