Thoracic Research and Practice
Case Report

Costal Exostosis in the Adult: A Case of Report

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Kırıkkale Yüksek İhtisas Hastanesi, Göğüs Cerrahi, Kırıkkale, Turkey

Thorac Res Pract 2007; 8: Turkish Respiratory Journal 72-73
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A 34 year old male presented with a painful, rapidly enlarging chest wall mass. A malignant chest wall neoplasm was suspected. X ray and thorax CT scan showed sixth and seventh internal ribs exostosis. Exostosis were resected the sixth and seventh ribs with thoracotomy. The pathological findings of those bony lesion proved to be consistent with osteochondroma.

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