ABSTRACT

A patient with a chest wall pathology is treated with primary surgical resection and good long-term results. A case of a 55 year old with a sternal plasmacytoma, treated with surgical resection of the lesion requiring reconstruction of the chest wall with biological mesh pig dermis and titanium bars. There are no studies documenting a consensus of what should be the correct treatment for solitary bone plasmacytoma: surgery or radiotherapy. Any of these treatments, single or combined, are valid. For reconstruction after resection, novel approaches made ​​with anatomically correct materials, being ensure to use the proper technique, minimizing complications and establishing an adequate quality of life.

KEYWORDS

Plasmacytoma, sternum, radiotherapy, reconstruction.

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