Vogel H, Nägele B, Heller M
Z Orthop Ihre Grenzgeb. 1985 Mar-Apr;123(2):213-7. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1045137.
The x-ray findings of the sternum of 120 patients are analyzed. The difficulties to prove fractures, metastasis, inflammation, and degenerative alterations are shown, and the differential diagnosis is discussed. The exclusion of pathological findings is valuable only after diagnostic with different projections and sagittal and transversal tomography.