Malignant Invasion of Sternotomy Incision After Cardiac Operation Vincent Chan, MD, MPH, Jacqueline Lau, MD, Fraser D. Rubens, MD, MS, Carole Dennie, MD, Marc Ruel, MD, MPH The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 89, Issue 4, Pages 1295-1296 (April 2010) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.09.034 Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Renal cell carcinoma metastasis to the sternal incision. (A) A large precordial mass. (B) A computed tomography image of the sternal mass. Note the lack of inflammatory change of the subcutaneous tissue surrounding the large soft tissue lesion, which is suggestive of tumor. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 89, 1295-1296DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.09.034) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Multiple myeloma metastasis to the sternal wound. (A) Computed tomography image shows a soft tissue mass with lytic destruction of the adjacent sternum. (B) Multiple lytic lesions present on the left iliac wing were subsequently confirmed as multiple myeloma by biopsy. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 89, 1295-1296DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.09.034) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions