"caught by the eye of sound" : epigastric swelling due to xiphisternal tuberculosis... We report a case of tubercular infection of the sternum located in the xiphoid process resulting in its presentation as an epigastric swelling....
The use of photogrammetry to evaluate chest wall after arthrodesis in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis... Thoracic markers were created using angles (A) and distances (D): A1 (bilateral acromion/manubrium), A2 (bilateral acromion/xiphoid process), A3 (bilateral rib/xiphoid process), A5 (acromion/scapula inferior angle/inframammilary), A6 (C7/acromion/T3), A7 (scapular irregularity) and D3 (xiphoid process...
Comment on: sternal foramen simulating osteolytic lesion on scintigraphy and spet imaging... The investigators reached a consensus on the presence of holes or defects of the sternal body and xiphoid process....
The xiphoid process in clinical medicineFew references are to be found in medical literature to the association of the xiphoid process with disease....
