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ArticleCureus2024

An Unusual Case of Sternal Osteomyelitis and Purulent Mediastinitis After a Traumatic Sternal Body Fracture.

Naib Chowdhury, Giuseppe Serena, Laura Velcu, Leonard Barrett, L D George Angus

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Operative management of unstable sternal fracture in polytrauma: a case report and literature review.Kardiochirurgia i torakochirurgia polska = Polish journal of cardio-thoracic surgery · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Naib ChowdhuryDepartment of Surgery, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, USA.
Giuseppe SerenaDepartment of Surgery, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, USA.
Laura VelcuDepartment of Surgery, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, USA.
Leonard BarrettDepartment of Surgery, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, USA.
L D George AngusDepartment of Surgery, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 67-year-old female presented to the emergency department after falling on her chest. On initial presentation, her chest wall was tender to palpation with mild overlying ecchymosis. Initial imaging demonstrated a sternal body fracture with minimal retrosternal hematoma. On hospital day four, a fluctuant mass was appreciated over her sternum. A repeat CT scan demonstrated an abscess collection anterior and posterior to her sternum with underlying subcutaneous emphysema. The patient was taken to the operating room for incision and drainage with sternal body debridement. Pathology resulted in acute and chronic osteomyelitis and fluid culture with

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blunt chest wall traumamediastinitissternal abscesssternal fracturesternal osteomyelitis

Identifiers

PMID39703264
PMCPMC11657912

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