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- Title
Mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall in a 10-year-old girl mimicking malignancy: a case report.
- Authors
Tanaka, Tomoko; Fumino, Shigehisa; Shirai, Toshiharu; Konishi, Eiichi; Tajiri, Tatsuro
- Abstract
We herein report a rare case of mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall in a 10-year-old girl. She complained of chest pain and was diagnosed with a large chest wall tumor originating from the left fourth rib. Malignancy such as osteosarcoma or chondrosarcoma could not be ruled out with imaging studies. Therefore, we performed a core needle biopsy assisted by thoracoscopy, which revealed no malignancy. Therefore, extended resection with chest wall reconstruction was unnecessary, and thoracoscopy-assisted tumor excision with only the removal of the involved fourth rib was performed without chest wall reconstruction. The postoperative course was satisfactory with no thoracic deformity and no recurrence.
- Subjects
HAMARTOMA; CORE needle biopsy; CHEST pain; RIB surgery; CHEST diseases; COMPUTED tomography; DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; NEEDLE biopsy; RIB cage; THORACOSCOPY; CONTRAST media
- Publication
Skeletal Radiology, 2019, Vol 48, Issue 4, p643
- ISSN
0364-2348
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00256-018-3106-2