Pneumology - Case Reports
28 May 2018
Vol. 88 No. 1 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2018.931

Primary sternal tuberculosis mimicking a lytic bone tumor lesion

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Sternal tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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Elisa Calabrò
elisa.calabro@asst-fbf-sacco.it
ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Department of Internal Medicine, Italy.
Ugo Pastorino
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Tumori, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Italy.
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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“Primary Sternal Tuberculosis Mimicking a Lytic Bone Tumor Lesion”. 2018. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 88 (1). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2018.931.