Resected osteochondroma of the rib in an elderly patient |
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Authors: | Ryutaro Kikuchi Nobuya Mino Tadashi Matsukura Takashi Hirai |
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Institution: | (1) 5th Clinic, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Ankara Numune Research and Training Hospital, 06100 Sihhiye/Ankara, Turkey;(2) Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Fatih University, Alparslan Turkes Caddesi No: 57, 06510 Emek/Ankara, Turkey;(3) Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Ankara University, 06100 Sihhiye/Ankara, Turkey |
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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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