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Resected osteochondroma of the rib in an elderly patient

Resected osteochondroma of the rib in an elderly patient Solitary osteochondroma of the rib is a rare primary chest wall tumor. Herein, we report a case of a successfully resected osteochondroma of the rib. The patient was a 73-year-old asymptomatic woman who came to our hospital regularly for treatment of hypertension and hyperlipidemia. A checkup chest roentgenogram showed a shadow at the right anterior chest wall consistent with a mass, and computed tomography showed a tumor arising from the right fourth rib. Because it was impossible to exclude completely the diagnosis of a well-differentiated chondrosarcoma, we performed resection of the right anterior chest wall and a re construction with a rigid prosthesis. The post operative course of the patient was unremarkable. The final pathological diagnosis of the rib tumor was osteochondroma. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Springer Journals

Resected osteochondroma of the rib in an elderly patient

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Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2010 by The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery
Subject
Medicine & Public Health; Surgery; Transplant Surgery; Vascular Surgery; Cardiac Surgery; Thoracic Surgery
ISSN
1863-6705
eISSN
1863-6713
DOI
10.1007/s11748-009-0570-6
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21069500
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Abstract

Solitary osteochondroma of the rib is a rare primary chest wall tumor. Herein, we report a case of a successfully resected osteochondroma of the rib. The patient was a 73-year-old asymptomatic woman who came to our hospital regularly for treatment of hypertension and hyperlipidemia. A checkup chest roentgenogram showed a shadow at the right anterior chest wall consistent with a mass, and computed tomography showed a tumor arising from the right fourth rib. Because it was impossible to exclude completely the diagnosis of a well-differentiated chondrosarcoma, we performed resection of the right anterior chest wall and a re construction with a rigid prosthesis. The post operative course of the patient was unremarkable. The final pathological diagnosis of the rib tumor was osteochondroma.

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General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery – Springer Journals

Published: Nov 11, 2010

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