title: [Tumors of the ribs in children].
abstract: We here present a review of ten pediatric patients with rib tumors that were treated in our hospital since 1970: a juvenile bone cyst, an aneurysmal bone cyst, an eosinophilic granuloma, a Ewing sarcoma, a metastasis of a neuroblastoma, an osteochondroma, a hemangiopericytoma, and a callous tumor at the site of a previous single rib fracture. The relative frequency of rib tumors is similar to that of bone tumors in other locations. A biopsy of the affected bone should be the first step of the operative intervention. As demonstrated in a case of eosinophilic granuloma, the indication for subperiosteal rib resection can be defined generously. A completed regrowth of the rib defect can be expected. Even the loss of a complete rib is generally well tolerated, as shown in an infant with an aneurysmal bone cyst, a rare disease in this age group. Malignant tumors of the chest wall, however, require special experience in thoracic surgery and necessitate close interdisciplinary cooperation. Complete primary resection of a malignant rib tumor and its plastic reconstruction is demonstrated in a case of a Ewing sarcoma in childhood. In children and adolescents a vicryl net should generally be used to reconstruct extended chest wall defects reliably and functionally stable.
authors.affiliation: Kinderchirurgische Abteilung, Universität Heidelberg.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Benz
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schäfer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Daum
mesh_terms: D001845:Bone Cysts / Q000473:pathology; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004803:Eosinophilic Granuloma / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006393:Hemangiopericytoma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000473:pathology; D012272:Ribs / Q000473:pathology; D012512:Sarcoma, Ewing / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Tumeurs des côtes chez l'enfant.