We present 22 cases with inter-sterno-costoclavicular ossification. Clinical and pathological findings show that abnormal ossification observed in this situation is due to non-suppurative chronic inflammation of the soft tissues around the sterno-costo-clavicular region such as the costo-clavicular ligament. We have classified X-ray findings into three stages according to the extent of the ossification; localized, generalized, and hyperostotic, and show that the disease progressed in this sequence. A considerable number of the patients showed abnormal X-ray findings in the spine or the sacro-iliac joint. Frequent association of pustulosis palmaris et plantaris was noted in this disease. Most of the cases were treated effectively with anti-inflammatory drugs, but a few cases required surgical resection of the ossified mass with the clavicle or the first rib in order to relieve the severe pain.

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We develop new drawing technologies of rotary laser dieless drawing for the fabrication of micro-tubes without the need for tools such as dies, plugs and mandrels. A rotary laser dieless drawing apparatus with local heating using a laser irradiated from one direction as the heating source has been focused on for the fabrication of micro-tubes. In this study, a dieless drawing with a semiconductor laser setup with power of 30W is designed and developed. A workpieces was rotated about a tensile axis by rotary stage with chucks for circumferential uniform temperature distribution. A tube of stainless steel SUS304, with an outer diameter of 0.5mm and thickness of 0.13mm is used in the experiments. In this experiment, we verify the effectiveness of the developed rotary laser dieless drawing apparatus.

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