1. 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 (April 2010)
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2. 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.
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3. 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.
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