ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 May 1998
Page Count: 2

An Unusual Case of Multiple Mesosternal Foramina
Ross, H
The University of Tennessee, TN

Flournoy, LE
The University of Tennessee, TN

Rogers, NL
The University of Tennessee, TN

McCormick, WF

(Received 23 July 1997; accepted 8 September 1997)

Abstract

We present an unusual example of multiple mesosternal foramina (MMF). The alignment of the paired defects is unlike any previously described. Although single sternal defects are often encountered, paired defects are quite uncommon. This is the first documented example of bilateral paired defects in the sternum.

Keywords:
forensic science, forensic anthropology, forensic pathology, human skeletal remains, sternal foramina

Paper ID: JFS16206J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS16206J
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