Various authors 7–9 have described surgical approaches to the xiphoid, the technics of examination 10,11 and the anatomic variations. 12–14 da Silva-Mello 15 wrote that pain in the xiphoid was ...

Presentation of Case* First admission. A sixty-seven-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of substernal pain. Two weeks before entry an upper respiratory infection, with coryza, rhino ...