Primary osteosarcoma of  the sternum after coronary artery bypass grafting

Weinberg, Laurence; Mathew, Joseph

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02599.x

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To the Editor: A 71-year-old man presented with a firm erythematous painful swelling over the sternoclavicular region. He had undergone coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) 18 months earlier.

1 Department of Anaesthesia, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.
2 Department of Diagnostic and Molecular Pathology, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, UK.

Correspondence: Laurence.Weinberg@austin.org.au

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