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Extrathoracic chronic heamatoma presenting as a chest wall tumor 2 years after a blunt thoracic injury
- Source :
- Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Vol 6, Iss 1, p 156 (2011)
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Chronic expanding heamatomas may present as masses mimicking chest wall tumors. We report the case of a patient who was presented with a giant posterior extrathoracic chest wall tumor. The mass was proven to be a chronic heamatoma possibly developed after a blunt thoracic injury which took place 2 years before presentation and was growing thereafter. Clinicians should have high suspicion of rare entities which mimic tumors and consider any information reported by the patient's history in their diagnostic process.
- Subjects :
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Time Factors
Thoracic Injuries
soft tissue tumor
Biopsy
lcsh:Surgery
Case Report
Wounds, Nonpenetrating
lcsh:RD78.3-87.3
Diagnosis, Differential
Hematoma
Blunt
giant
medicine
Humans
Chronic heamatoma
Thoracic Wall
extrathoracic
Thoracic Neoplasm
Aged
business.industry
lcsh:RD1-811
General Medicine
Thoracic Neoplasms
medicine.disease
Cardiac surgery
Surgery
medicine.anatomical_structure
lcsh:Anesthesiology
Cardiothoracic surgery
Chronic Disease
Radiology
Differential diagnosis
Presentation (obstetrics)
business
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Thoracic wall
Follow-Up Studies
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17498090
- Volume :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of cardiothoracic surgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....234e97ea1acff5f8cf4fe6934c288695