title: Sternal pseudotumor of childhood: don't touch the lesion.
abstract: The common approach to rapidly growing peristernal lesions in young infants is oncologic consultation, imaging, and early tissue diagnosis. We represent 3 such cases with unique sonographic findings favoring nonaggressive lesions named self-limiting sternal tumors of childhood, in which a conservative approach of sonographic follow-up was chosen. We review the typical sonographic characteristics in this rather new and rare entity, separating it from the more aggressive group of lesions in this location and age group, and suggest that the classic appearance should imply a wait-and-see approach, with sonographic follow-up studies rather than invasive intervention.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Radiology Unit, Department of Radiology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Hatzalbanim 32, 34373 Haifa, Israel. a_ilivitzki@rambam.health.gov.il.
authors.forename: Anat
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ilivitzki
authors.forename: Yechiel
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sweed
authors.forename: Nira
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Militianu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D003657:Decision Making; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013249:Sternum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography
keywords: dumbbell-shaped lesion; pediatric tumor; self-limiting sternal tumor of childhood; sonography; sternal mass