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Asternia

MedGen UID:: 869485
•Concept ID:: C4023912
•: Congenital Abnormality

Synonym:	Absent sternum

HPO:	HP:0010308
Monarch Initiative:	MONDO:0022509

Definition

The congenital absence of the sternum. [from HPO]

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MeSH

CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVAsternia

Abnormality of the skeletal system
- Abnormal skeletal morphology
  - Abnormal axial skeleton morphology
    - Aplasia/hypoplasia affecting bones of the axial skeleton
      - Aplasia/Hypoplasia involving bones of the thorax
        Aplasia/Hypoplasia of the sternum
        Asternia

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Isolated asternia.

Dagli CE, Guler E
Indian Pediatr 2008 Jul;45(7):609. PMID: 18695291

A case of lateral facial cleft, cleft lip and palate, anophthalmia, microtia, clavicular agenesis and asternia.

Samson G, Viljoen D
Clin Dysmorphol 1995 Jul;4(3):251-4. PMID: 7551163

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