Plasmacytoma--a rare sternal tumor.
A 78-year-old male presented with a progressively growing, painless chest mass. It was firm, lobulated and fixed to the underlying xiphoid process. Chest computed tomography (CT) revealed an 8.6 × 8.4 × 6.3 cm subcutaneous soft tissue mass involving the lower sternum and xiphoid process (Figure 1). The patient underwent hemisternectomy and resection of the tumor and during surgery, the tumor was found to invade the anterior wall of the right ventricle. …