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Intercostal leiomyoma in a child: review of the literature
- Source :
- Pan African Medical Journal; Vol 28, No 1 (2017), The Pan African Medical Journal
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- African Field Epidemiology Network, 2017.
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Abstract
- Leiomyomas of the chest wall are very rare. In a review of the current literature twelve cases were found, of which only one concerns of an intercostal leiomyoma of the chest wall. We report a case of 1 year old male child with intercostal leiomyoma who presented with a painless rigid swelling of the right chest wall. The radiological control revealed a solid mass in the right anterior sixth intercostal space. En-bloc excision of the mass by abrading of the sixth rib through right anterior thoracotomy was performed. Histopatological analysis showed a localized intercostal leiomyoma. The patient has a close follow-up for 6 months without evidence of recurrence. This is the first case of a primary intercostal leiomyoma in a child which was excised totally without reconstruction of the chest wall.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment
Ribs
Case Report
chest wall
intercostal space
medicine
Humans
Thoracotomy
Thoracic Wall
neoplasms
child
Leiomyoma
business.industry
Infant
Solid mass
General Medicine
Leiomyoma, intercostal space, chest wall, child
Thoracic Neoplasms
medicine.disease
musculoskeletal system
female genital diseases and pregnancy complications
Surgery
Sixth intercostal space
body regions
medicine.anatomical_structure
surgical procedures, operative
Intercostal space
business
Right anterior
Right chest
Follow-Up Studies
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19378688
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Pan African Medical Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c77b428e8ee8f02294c4d7cc5d1674ba