AUTHOR=Bar-Haim Ronit , Shtarker Haim , Biswas Seema , Waksman Igor , Altman Edward TITLE=Case Report: Surgical Management of Painful Manubriosternal Pseudoarthrosis JOURNAL=Frontiers in Surgery VOLUME=Volume 8 - 2021 YEAR=2021 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/surgery/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2021.640089 DOI=10.3389/fsurg.2021.640089 ISSN=2296-875X ABSTRACT=

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.