Primary sternal tuberculosis mimicking a lytic bone tumor lesion

Submitted: March 25, 2018
Accepted: May 9, 2018
Published: May 28, 2018
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Tubercular sternal osteomyelitis is a rare manifestation of tuberculosis. We describe the case of a 51-years-old male patient, presenting with three months history of pain and swelling of the central chest wall, referred to our hospital with clinical diagnosis of chondrosarcoma of the sternum.

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Calabrò, Elisa, and Ugo Pastorino. 2018. “Primary Sternal Tuberculosis Mimicking a Lytic Bone Tumor Lesion”. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 88 (1). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2018.931.

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