Sternal Resection and Reconstruction for Solitary Plasmacytoma of the Sternum: Case Report
Chang Woo Choi1, You Kyeong Park1, Hwa Kyun Shin1
1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Korea.
Journal of Chest Surgery
|November 25, 2020
Abstract:
A 63-year-old patient was admitted with a sternal fracture and mass. On evaluation, most of the body of the sternum had been destroyed by a tumor. Radical resection of the sternum was performed and part of the major pectoral muscles adherent to the sternal tumor was also resected. The chest wall defect was reconstructed with mesh, bone cement, and a titanium rib plate system. Reconstruction with this method seemed to be an appropriate procedure to prevent instability of the chest wall.


