Case Report: Surgical Management of Painful Manubriosternal Pseudoarthrosis

Ronit Bar-Haim; Haim Shtarker; Seema Biswas; Igor Waksman; Edward Altman

doi:10.3389/fsurg.2021.640089

Case Report: Surgical Management of Painful Manubriosternal Pseudoarthrosis

Ronit Bar-Haim, Haim Shtarker, Seema Biswas, Igor Waksman, Edward Altman

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A 31-year-old male amateur bodybuilder presented with a 2-year history of chronic pain over the sternum and a clicking sensation in the chest wall on movement. Ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed no cause for his symptoms. Dynamic ultrasound scan performed at a specialist sports center revealed pseudoarthrosis of the manubriosternal joint (MSJ). After a period of conservative management (rest and analgesia), he failed to improve and underwent debridement and fusion of the MSJ with plates and screws. At follow-up 23 months later, he remains pain-free and has returned to weight lifting and bodybuilding.

Original language	English
Article number	640089
Journal	Frontiers in Surgery
Volume	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2021.640089
State	Published - 9 Mar 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

chronic pain
manubriosternal joint
pseudoarthrosis
surgery
weightlifter

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