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Clinical features of 22 cases with “Inter-Sterno-Costo-Clavicular Ossification”

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We present 22 cases with inter-sterno-costoclavicular ossification. Clinical and pathological findings show that abnormal ossification observed in this situation is due to non-suppurative chronic inflammation of the soft tissues around the sterno-costo-clavicular region such as the costo-clavicular ligament. We have classified X-ray findings into three stages according to the extent of the ossification; localized, generalized, and hyperostotic, and show that the disease progressed in this sequence. A considerable number of the patients showed abnormal X-ray findings in the spine or the sacro-iliac joint. Frequent association of pustulosis palmaris et plantaris was noted in this disease. Most of the cases were treated effectively with anti-inflammatory drugs, but a few cases required surgical resection of the ossified mass with the clavicle or the first rib in order to relieve the severe pain.

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Es wird über 22 Fälle von “InterSterno-Costo-Clavikulärer Ossifikation” berichtet. Die klinischen und pathologisch-anatomischen Befunde zeigen, daß die abnorme Ossifikation durch tine nichteitrige, chronische Entzündung im Bereiche der Sterno-Costo-Clavikular-Region und des costo-clavikulären Ligamentes hervorgerufen wird. Wir klassifizieren die Röntgenbefunde in 3 Stadien, entsprechend dem Grad der Verknöcherung: lokalisiert, generalisiert und hyperostotisch. In dieser Reihenfolge schreitet auch die Erkrankung fort. Eine betrdchtliche Zahl der Patienten zeigten auch abnorme Röntgenbefunde an der Wirbelsäule oder den Sacroiliacalgelenken. Eine häufige Begleiterscheinung der Erkrankung war auch eine Pustolosis palmaris et plantaris. Die meisten Fälle wurden erfolgreich mit entzündungshemmenden Medikamenten behandelt; bei einigen Patienten wurde eine Besserung der Beschwerden erst nach chirurgischer Entfernung der verknöcherten Masse, einschließlich Clavikula oder 1. Rippe, erzielt.

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Sonozaki, H., Azuma, A., Okai, K. et al. Clinical features of 22 cases with “Inter-Sterno-Costo-Clavicular Ossification”. Arch. Orthop. Traumat. Surg. 95, 13–22 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00379164

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