The Fetal Sternum

Normal Anatomy

Congenital Abnormalities

Pectus excavatum

Pectus carinatum

Poland syndrome

Sternal deformity:

a. Thoracic ectopia cordis

b. Thoraco-abdominal ectopia cordis

c. Cleft sternum

Syndromes with sternal deformities:

a. Jeune syndrome

b. Jarcho-Levin syndrome

c. Cerebrocostomandibular syndrome