TY - JOUR
T1 - Chondromatous hamartoma of the chest wall
T2 - Description of 3 new cases and literature review
AU - Amstalden, Eliane M.I.
AU - Carvalho, Rita B.
AU - Pacheco, Elisa M.B.
AU - Oliveira-Filho, Antonio
AU - Stragea-Neto, Lourenzo
AU - Rosenberg, Andrew E.
PY - 2006/4/1
Y1 - 2006/4/1
N2 - Chondromatous hamartoma of the chest wall is an extremely rare, benign lesion that usually occurs in early infancy. It typically arises in the rib cage and produces a large mass. It is composed of a varying admixture of hyaline cartilage that has features resembling growth plate cartilage, fascicles of spindle cells, woven bone, and hemorrhagic cysts. Treatment consists mainly of surgical excision, which is usually curative. We present 3 new cases, which demonstrated interesting findings, including multicentricity, involvement of the sternum, and local recurrence, and we discuss these findings in the context of a literature review.
AB - Chondromatous hamartoma of the chest wall is an extremely rare, benign lesion that usually occurs in early infancy. It typically arises in the rib cage and produces a large mass. It is composed of a varying admixture of hyaline cartilage that has features resembling growth plate cartilage, fascicles of spindle cells, woven bone, and hemorrhagic cysts. Treatment consists mainly of surgical excision, which is usually curative. We present 3 new cases, which demonstrated interesting findings, including multicentricity, involvement of the sternum, and local recurrence, and we discuss these findings in the context of a literature review.
KW - Chest wall
KW - Chondromatous hamartoma
KW - Infancy
KW - Mesenchymal hamartoma
KW - Rib
KW - Tumor
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U2 - 10.1177/106689690601400203
DO - 10.1177/106689690601400203
M3 - Article
C2 - 16703172
AN - SCOPUS:33746743014
VL - 14
SP - 119
EP - 126
JO - International Journal of Surgical Pathology
JF - International Journal of Surgical Pathology
SN - 1066-8969
IS - 2
ER -