Unilateral multifocal mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall: a case report and review of literature

Kushaljit Singh Sodhi; Senthil Kumar Aiyappan; Prema Menon; Pranab Dey; Niranjan Khandelwal

doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.10.035

Unilateral multifocal mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall: a case report and review of literature

J Pediatr Surg. 2009 Feb;44(2):464-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.10.035.

Authors

Kushaljit Singh Sodhi¹, Senthil Kumar Aiyappan, Prema Menon, Pranab Dey, Niranjan Khandelwal

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiodiagnosis, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India. [email protected]

PMID: 19231559
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.10.035

Abstract

We report a case of unilateral multifocal mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall diagnosed on radiologic imaging, which was proven at surgery and histopathology. To the best of our knowledge, only 3 cases of unilateral multifocal mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall have been reported previously in literature in children.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Female
Hamartoma* / diagnosis
Hamartoma* / surgery
Humans
Infant
Thoracic Diseases* / diagnosis
Thoracic Diseases* / surgery
Thoracic Wall*