CHEST-WALL HAMARTOMA IN AN ADULT - AN UNUSUAL CHEST-WALL TUMOR

Citation
Js. Donahoo et al., CHEST-WALL HAMARTOMA IN AN ADULT - AN UNUSUAL CHEST-WALL TUMOR, The thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon, 44(2), 1996, pp. 110-111
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System","Respiratory System",Surgery
ISSN journal
01716425
Volume
44
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
110 - 111
Database
ISI
SICI code
0171-6425(1996)44:2<110:CHIAA->2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
An asymptomatic intrathoracic mass was demonstrated on imaging studies in an adult. Operative removal was accomplished and it proved to be a n extrapulmonary hamartoma arising from the soft tissue of the chest w all. This represents a rare location of this benign tumor in an adult.