A case report of solitary plasmacytoma of the sternum

Abstract

We report the case of a patient who underwent complete resection for solitary plasmacytoma of the sternum. A male septuagenarian was referred to our hospital for further examination of an anterior chest wall tumor. Chest computed tomography revealed an osteolytic tumor of 6×6 cm in the episternum. FDG-PET showed an abnormal accumulation of FDG in the chest wall tumor. Resection of the episternum was performed, and the chest wall was reconstructed with a patch product made of ePTFE sheet combined with polypropylene mesh and greater pectral muscular flaps. Histopathological studies revealed the neoplastic proliferation of plasmacytes, and the tumor was diagnosed as solitary plasmacytoma of the sternum.