Table 1 Chest wall tumors and related symptoms
From: An unusual timing for symptomatic chest pain in an adult chest wall myofibroma: a case report
| Â | Common presenting age (years old) | Typical symptoms |
|---|---|---|
Myofibroma (the reported case) | N/A | N/A |
Lipoma | 50–70 | An asymptomatic, well-circumscribed mobile mass |
Multiple myeloma | >60 | Bone pain when movement and changing position |
Osteosarcoma | 10–25, and >40 | A rapidly expanding, painful chest wall mass (usually in ribs and sternum) |
Ewing sarcoma (Askin’s tumor) | 14 (most in children and sometimes in young adults) | Chest wall pain (usually a solitary tumor in ribs, sternum, scapula, clavicle, or paravertebral region) |
Chondrosarcoma | >50 | An enlarging, painful, anterior chest wall mass (common involvement of costochondral arches or sternum) |
Breast carcinoma in men | 65–67 | A painless firm mass |
Metastatic neoplasm | Usually in adults | Chest wall pain (might include pathologic fracture) |