Azizi Shahrzad, Bakhtiary Mohsen Khosravi, Goodarzi Mehdi
Department of Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord Branch, Shahrekord, Iran.
Asian Pac J Trop Biomed. 2012 Jan;2(1):83-4. doi: 10.1016/S2221-1691(11)60196-2.
Congenital sternal foramen is an anomaly whose occurrence is rare in human but is especially unusual in animals. This defect was formed when fusion of multiple ossification centers was incomplete. It may be associated with other lesions in body organs especially cardiac anomalies. In the present study, we report a very rare case of congenital sternal foramen in a Holstein calf. The oval defect was like a gunshot wound and located at the lower third of the sternum. Apparently, the rest of skeleton system seems normal. The awareness of the anomaly is important for better diagnosis and treatment of diseases.
先天性胸骨孔是一种在人类中罕见的异常情况，在动物中尤为不常见。这种缺陷是由于多个骨化中心融合不完全而形成的。它可能与身体器官的其他病变有关，尤其是心脏异常。在本研究中，我们报告了一例荷斯坦犊牛罕见的先天性胸骨孔病例。椭圆形缺损类似枪伤，位于胸骨下三分之一处。显然，骨骼系统的其他部分似乎正常。认识到这种异常对于更好地诊断和治疗疾病很重要。
