@article{Carvalho Guerra_Velho_Sena_Nobre_2021, place={Lisbon, Portugal}, title={STERNAL CHONDROSSARCOMA}, volume={26}, url={https://pjctvs.com/index.php/journal/article/view/113}, DOI={10.48729/pjctvs.113}, abstractNote={<p>A 28 year old woman presented a painless pre-sternal mass since childhood. At 25 years old, after pregnancy, the mass turned painful and started growing. A percutaneous biopsy diagnosed osteochondroma (Figure 1). Figure 1 Figure 2 A B She underwent partial sternectomy (Figure 2 a) and closure of the sternal defect with a Marlex mesh (Figure 2 b). Histology revealed grade 1 chondrossarcoma with free surgical margins. After 8 months she is free from recurrence.</p>}, number={3}, journal={Portuguese Journal of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Surgery}, author={Carvalho Guerra, Nuno and Velho, Tiago and Sena, André and Nobre, Ângelo}, year={2021}, month={Apr.}, pages={241} }