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ArticleAnatomy & cell biology2020

A rare triple skeletal bone variation, including a median cleft of the posterior arch of the atlas, a sternal foramina and a bifid xiphoid process.

Gregory Tsoucalas, Anastasios Vasilopoulos, Vasilios Thomaidis, Aliki Fiska

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Gregory TsoucalasDepartment of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2595-9686
Anastasios VasilopoulosDepartment of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3282-8051
Vasilios ThomaidisDepartment of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1884-7181
Aliki FiskaDepartment of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1787-6116

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Abstract

Bone variations are usually a result of abnormal ossification during embryonic life. Separately or in combination, sternal foramina and bifid xiphoid process are well documented skeletal alternations, as well as the median cleft of the posterior arch of the atlas. However, their appearance in combination is not yet celebrated in the literature. Our post-mortem examination unearthed such a triple variant of an adult male skeleton, which included no other skeletal variations. The fact that all variants are depicted in the median line of ossification implies a hypothesis of a triggered midline bone defect process. The awareness among clinicians of such variations during interventional and imaging procedures is of great importance.

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Abnormal embryonic ossificationBifid xiphoid processBone variantsMedian cleft of the posterior arch of the atlasSternal foramina

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