Bilateral musculus sternalis - An anatomical and clinical review

Julia Slater; Neil R McLean; Magdi Youssef; Garry Bristow

doi:10.1016/j.surge.2021.12.011

Bilateral musculus sternalis - An anatomical and clinical review

Surgeon. 2022 Dec;20(6):e378-e381. doi: 10.1016/j.surge.2021.12.011. Epub 2022 Feb 5.

Authors

Julia Slater¹, Neil R McLean², Magdi Youssef³, Garry Bristow⁴

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, BT9 7BL, UK. Electronic address: jslater02@qub.ac.uk.
² Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
³ Consultant Surgeon, Wansbeck Hospital, Ashington, NE63 9JJ, UK.
⁴ Consultant Radiologist, Wansbeck Hospital, Ashington, NE63 9JJ, UK.

PMID: 35135712
DOI: 10.1016/j.surge.2021.12.011

Abstract

The musculus sternalis is an extremely rare anatomical variant of the anterior chest wall. A detailed review of the anatomy, historical background and prevalence of the sternalis muscle is presented, with both the significant radiological and surgical implications of this variant specifically discussed.

Keywords: Bilateral sternalis muscle; Episternalis; MRI/CT findings; Parasternalis; Sternalis muscle anatomy.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Muscle, Skeletal / anatomy & histology
Prevalence
Thoracic Wall* / diagnostic imaging