Hemangioma of the Sternum

Primary tumors of the sternum are rare and most of them are malignant. Benign lesions are typically chondromas, bone cysts, or hemangiomas. Among these tumors, hemangiomas are extremely rare. We report a rare case of hemangioma of the sternum. The patient was successfully treated with complete resec...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 2008-12, Vol.86 (6), p.1974-1976
Hauptverfasser:	Onat, Serdar, MD, Ulku, Refik, MD, Avci, Alper, MD, Mizrak, Bulent, MD, Ozcelik, Cemal, MD
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences Biopsy, Needle Bone Neoplasms - pathology Bone Neoplasms - surgery Cardiology. Vascular system Cardiothoracic Surgery Female Follow-Up Studies Hemangioma - pathology Hemangioma - surgery Humans Immunohistochemistry Medical sciences Pneumology Polypropylenes - pharmacology Rare Diseases Risk Assessment Sternum - pathology Sternum - surgery Surgery Surgical Mesh Thoracotomy - methods Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods Treatment Outcome
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Zusammenfassung:	Primary tumors of the sternum are rare and most of them are malignant. Benign lesions are typically chondromas, bone cysts, or hemangiomas. Among these tumors, hemangiomas are extremely rare. We report a rare case of hemangioma of the sternum. The patient was successfully treated with complete resection of the tumor and sternum stability was obtained by polypropylene mesh and methylmethacrylate.
ISSN:	0003-4975 1552-6259
DOI:	10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.04.109