Successful surgical management of polyostotic costal fibrous dysplasia—a case report.

Polyostotic costal fibrous dysplasia is a rare cause of chest pain. This report describes a young male with polyostotic fibrous dysplasia with partial vertebral involvement, who presented to us with disabling pain refractory to medical therapy. He was managed successfully with resection of dysplastic ribs, while conserving the asymptomatic vertebral lesion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]