TY - JOUR
T1 - Sternal pseudotumor of childhood
T2 - Don't touch the lesion
AU - Ilivitzki, Anat
AU - Sweed, Yechiel
AU - Beck, Nira
AU - Militianu, Daniela
PY - 2013/12/1
Y1 - 2013/12/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Dumbbell-shaped lesion
KW - Pediatric tumor
KW - Self-limiting sternal tumor of childhood
KW - Sonography
KW - Sternal mass
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84890911752&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.7863/ultra.32.12.2199
DO - 10.7863/ultra.32.12.2199
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C2 - 24277904
AN - SCOPUS:84890911752
SN - 0278-4297
VL - 32
SP - 2199
EP - 2203
JO - Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
JF - Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
IS - 12
ER -