Solitary eosinophilic granuloma of sternum: case report with review of the literature

Abstract

A solitary lesion in the distal sternum in a 30-year-old woman caused by eosinophilic granuloma (EG) is reported. Bone scan with 99Tcm was negative. Laboratory tests were completely normal. Although EG bone lesions have been discussed extensively in the literature only one similar case of solitary EG of the sternum has been published to date. A comprehensive summary of the literature is presented.

Solitary Langerhans cell histiocytosis arising from sternum: a case report

“…To our knowledge, only 10 cases of solitary LCH arising from the sternum have been reported in the medical literature [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]. The characteristics of our case and previously reported cases are summarized in Table 1.…”

Solitary Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the sternum in a 21‐year‐old woman

“…11 To our knowledge, there are only 10 cases with LCH of the sternum (Table 1). [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] Pain, mass, and soreness were the three most frequent symptoms. Without any focal recurrence, all of these patients fully recovered.…”

“…The most frequent form of LCH is EG, which accounts for roughly 70% of patients 5 . Lesions of the sternum are infrequent 6–15 . Using a literature review, we describe one patient with an EG that affected the sternum.…”

Eosinophilic Granuloma Involving the Femoral Neck

“…As the treatment regimens varied with different physicians [15], hence there is no general consensus for treatment of EG, and a further prospective study of different surgical approaches in age-matched groups of patients is needed. …”