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Prominent xiphoid process

MedGen UID:
866596
•Concept ID:
C4020942
•
Anatomical Abnormality
Synonym: Prominent xiphisternum
 
HPO: HP:0100893

Definition

Increased prominence of the xiphoid process of the sternum. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVProminent xiphoid process

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Using multiple placements of accelerometers to measure cardiovascular pulse transit times.
Canino NK, Ruisheng Wang, Robinson CJ
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2016 Aug;2016:4248-4251. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2016.7591665. PMID: 28269220
Sex and age related non-metric variation of the human sternum in a Northwest Indian postmortem sample: a pilot study.
Singh J, Pathak RK
Forensic Sci Int 2013 May 10;228(1-3):181.e1-12. Epub 2013 Feb 27 doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.02.002. PMID: 23453187

Diagnosis

Computed tomography of the sternum and its articulations.
Hatfield MK, Gross BH, Glazer GM, Martel W
Skeletal Radiol 1984;11(3):197-203. doi: 10.1007/BF00349494. PMID: 6719144
Radiological appearances of the xiphoid process presenting as an upper abdominal mass.
Sanders RC, Knight RW
Radiology 1981 Nov;141(2):489-90. doi: 10.1148/radiology.141.2.7291579. PMID: 7291579

Therapy

Postoperative elongation of the xiphoid process --report of a case--.
Enomoto N, Tayama K, Kohno M, Otsuka H, Yokose S, Kosuga K
Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011;17(3):307-9. PMID: 21697798

Clinical prediction guides

Sex and age related non-metric variation of the human sternum in a Northwest Indian postmortem sample: a pilot study.
Singh J, Pathak RK
Forensic Sci Int 2013 May 10;228(1-3):181.e1-12. Epub 2013 Feb 27 doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.02.002. PMID: 23453187

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