Thoracic mesenchymoma of infancy

J Pediatr Surg. 1996 May;31(5):726-8. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3468(96)90688-0.

Abstract

Mesenchymoma of the chest wall is rare in infancy and can be easily mistaken for a malignant tumor. It is a distinct pathological entity that presents at birth or during infancy as self-limiting expansile intraosseous lesions involving the body of one or more ribs. Histologically, it is a benign focal overgrowth of normal skeletal elements. Two such cases are presented.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Mesenchymoma / congenital*
  • Mesenchymoma / pathology
  • Mesenchymoma / surgery
  • Thoracic Neoplasms / congenital*
  • Thoracic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Thoracic Neoplasms / surgery
  • Thoracotomy
  • Thorax / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed