title: Giant chondromas arising from the ribs. A report of four cases.
abstract: Chondromas may arise from the ribs but seldom grow to giant size. In a series of twenty-one cases, four giant tumours were encountered. Three were treated by excision without leaving a significant defect of the chest wall or impairment of respiration; the fourth was examined by biopsy. No evidence of malignant change was discovered in these four large tumours.
mesh_terms: D002812:Chondroma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012272:Ribs / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*