Chondromyxoid fibroma of the sternum Dong Eun Song, MD, Shin Kwang Khang, MD, Kyung-Ja Cho, MD, Dong Kwan Kim, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 75, Issue 6, Pages 1948-1950 (June 2003) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)05016-6
Fig 1 Computed tomography scan showed an expansive mass with lobulated contour in the midsternum. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2003 75, 1948-1950DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(02)05016-6)
Fig 2 Microscopically the tumor showed variable myxoid lobules separated by fibrous septa with blood vessels and multinucleated giant cells (hematoxylin & eosin, ×100). Inset shows a myxoid lobule with a hypercellular peripheral zone of stellate cells on the needle biopsy specimen (hematoxylin & eosin, ×200). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2003 75, 1948-1950DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(02)05016-6)
Fig 3 Grossly a lobulated firm mass with yellow to white and glistening cut surface was present in the midsternum. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2003 75, 1948-1950DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(02)05016-6)