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Paediatric sternal fracture. Here a step is seen in the anterior cortex of the first sternebrae. This 9 year‐old child had been in a car accident, was wearing a seatbelt and complained of pain and tenderness at exactly the site of the cortical step. (1) Manubrium; (2) sternomanubrial junction; (3) 1st sternebra; (4) fracture; (5) cartilaginous junction; (6) 2nd sternebra.
