title: Mesenchymoma of the chest wall in children.
abstract: Benign chest wall mesenchymoma in children is an extremely rare disease. Only 20 patients have been reported in the world literature. We report a chest wall mesenchymoma in a 2-year-old boy who was admitted to the hospital after a routine chest roentgenogram showed a mass in the right upper chest wall. The patient was asymptomatic. Clinical examination was negative, but chest roentgenograms and computed tomography showed a mass in the right upper chest wall involving the third rib. A 2 x 2 x 1.5-cm tumor was excised totally with partial resection of the third rib. The histology of the lesion corresponded to a mesenchymoma (hamartoma) of the chest wall. Our patient has been followed up for 8 years without recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Kuopio, Finland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eskelinen
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Kosma
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vainio
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008637:Mesenchymoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012272:Ribs