Sudden onset of thoracic pain: neurofibroma with intracystic haemorrhage

A Campione; M Di Bisceglie; M Lonzi; G Gotti

doi:10.1016/j.icvts.2004.04.008

Sudden onset of thoracic pain: neurofibroma with intracystic haemorrhage

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2004 Sep;3(3):533-4. doi: 10.1016/j.icvts.2004.04.008.

Authors

A Campione¹, M Di Bisceglie, M Lonzi, G Gotti

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Thoracic Surgery Unit, University Hospital of Siena, Viale Bracci 1, 53100 Siena, Italy. [email protected]

PMID: 17670303
DOI: 10.1016/j.icvts.2004.04.008

Abstract

Intercostal nerve sheath tumors are normally benign and asymptomatic. Nevertheless surgical resection can eliminate the risk of malignant transformation and also achieve complete remission in case of symptoms.