What is the cause of sternal hyperdensity?

Sternal high density focus is a common medical term after imaging examination, that is, the lesion site and normal site density is different, high density shadow clinical often indicates inflammation, occupation, calcification, edema, effusion, fracture late callus healing signs, need to judge the cause of high density shadow according to the patient's clinical symptoms. If the patient has fever accompanied by complications such as cough and expectoration, it may indicate inflammation. If the patient has a history of thoracic surgery before, long-term postoperative pain in the anterior chest area or long-term chronic strain may be related to local tissue calcification.. If there is a history of traumatic fracture, reexamination of plain film after trauma may also be signs of callus healing after fracture, which can be comprehensively judged by clinical symptoms and medical history. If it is suspected that there is space-occupying disease, it is suggested to perform further examination, CT, magnetic resonance and other related examinations can be performed and /confirm/ied.