PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Richards, Claire Elaine
AU  - Mostafa, Ahmed Mamdouh Taha
AU  - Elmoheen, Amr
TI  - Chest wall mass: what lies beneath?
AID  - 10.1136/emermed-2018-207503
DP  - 2018 Oct 01
TA  - Emergency Medicine Journal
PG  - 586--586
VI  - 35
IP  - 10
4099  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/10/586.short
4100  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/35/10/586.full
SO  - Emerg Med J2018 Oct 01; 35
AB  - Clinical introduction A 24-year-old Filipino man attended the ED with a 1-month history of a discrete swelling over his upper anterior chest wall that was rapidly increasing in size and tenderness. He denied any other symptoms. His medical history was unremarkable.Examination revealed a tender, 7 cm × 6 cm mass over the upper part of the sternum (figure 1). The surface was smooth, it was immobile, non-compressible and the overlying skin was normothermic but mildly erythematous. Cervical lymphadenopathy was present. His vital signs were normal.Figure 1 Chest wall mass.Question What is the most likely diagnosis?LipomaChondrosarcomaLymphoma Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB)Question