Radiological Age Estimation From The Fusion of Medial Epiphysis of Clavicle

Clavicle displays the longest period of growth related activity, thus it is frequently used in estimating age and sex of individuals. Primary centres appear around 6 weeks of intrauterine life which fuse during 2nd decade of life and sometimes even extend to late 20’s. That's why this bone is important in estimating age in individuals over 18 years of age as by this time majority of skeletal epiphyses get fused. In the present study 169 cases including males and females of age group 16–26 years are taken up for the radiological estimation of age from fusion of medial epiphysis of Left clavicle. X-Ray antero-posterior view of sterno-clavicular area is taken and stage of appearance and fusion is studied.