Costal osteochondroma spicule associated with pleural effusion
| Autor: | Harry Applebaum, Daniel A. DeUgarte, Brian Tzung, Scott D. Nelson, James W. Y. Chen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male
Osteochondroma Spicule medicine.medical_specialty Pleural effusion Bone Neoplasms Ribs Lung injury Chest pain Thoracoscopy medicine Humans Child medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry General Medicine Anatomy medicine.disease Rib resection respiratory tract diseases Pleural Effusion Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Surgery Radiology medicine.symptom Tomography X-Ray Computed business |
| Zdroj: | Pediatric Surgery International. 30:357-359 |
| ISSN: | 1437-9813 0179-0358 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00383-013-3323-7 |
| Popis: | Costal osteochondromas are a rare cause of lung injury. We report a 7-year-old male who presented with chest pain, cough, and left-sided pleural effusion following a fall. Imaging identified a 2 cm costal osteochondroma, which was resected with a thoracoscopic-assisted segmental rib resection. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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