title: Hemangioma of the sternum.
abstract: Primary tumors of the sternum are rare and most of them are malignant. Benign lesions are typically chondromas, bone cysts, or hemangiomas. Among these tumors, hemangiomas are extremely rare. We report a rare case of hemangioma of the sternum. The patient was successfully treated with complete resection of the tumor and sternum stability was obtained by polypropylene mesh and methylmethacrylate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Onat
authors.forename: Refik
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ulku
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Avci
authors.forename: Bulent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mizrak
authors.forename: Cemal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ozcelik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D011126:Polypropylenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D035583:Rare Diseases; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013249:Sternum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D011126:Polypropylenes