Chest wall infiltration

Chest wall infiltration: Chest wall tumors generally refer to tumors in the deep soft tissue and bone tissue of the chest wall. Chest wall tumors can be divided into two categories: primary and secondary. Secondary chest wall tumors are mostly caused by malignant tumors in other parts of the body that have metastasized to the chest wall tissue, or directly infiltrated by lung or pleural tumors adjacent to the chest wall. Primary chest wall tumors are relatively rare, accounting for about 5-10% of systemic primary tumors, 80% of which occur in the ribs, most of which are benign, and about 20% occur in the sternum, while tumors in the sternum are more common . Rib tumors occur in the anterior chest wall and lateral chest wall, and are rare in the posterior chest wall.