Abstract:
Primary bone tumors of the chest wall are uncommon,
although a wide variety of both benign and malignant
tumors arise within the chest wall. Among those tumors,
sternal tumors are rare and usually malignant. We report
an extremely rare case of eosinophilic granuloma developed in the sternum in a 30-year-old woman. She presented anterior chest pain and somewhat tender mass
over the sternum. Chest roentgenogram, computed tomography scanning of the thorax, and total body bone
scintigraphy revealed an isolated lytic lesion in the
corpus sterni. A tru-cut biopsy of the mass exhibited the
typical histologic appearance of eosinophilic granuloma.
The solitary lesion was removed completely surgically.
This rare condition should be kept in mind in differential
diagnosis of sternal lesions
