Table 2.

Pathologic types of 30 cases with a malignant chest-wall tumor.

Skeletal tumorCases      Soft connective tissue tumorCasesMetastatic carcinomaCases
Costochondral sarcoma3Fibrosarcoma3   Adenocarcima5
Plasma cell myeloma2Rhabdomyosarcoma3Squamous carcinoma3
Sternal Hodgkin disease1Primitive neuroectodermal tumor3Undifferentiated large cell carcinoma1
Malignant schwannoma2Abdominal synoviosarcoma1
Leiomyoma1Mediastinal malignant fibrous
Angioleimyosarcoma1Histocytoma1
Totals6Totals13Totals11