title: Primary rib tumours in children (report of 27 cases with short literature review).
abstract: 27 cases of primary malignant and benign rib tumours are reported. The most common malignant rib tumour in childhood is Ewing sarcoma (20 cases). Some other rare bone tumours and tumorous conditions (reticulosarcoma, aneurysmal bone cyst, monostotic rib eosinophilic granuloma, osteoid osteoma and lymphangioma) are also described. In the authors' opinion Ewing sarcoma presents with characteristic clinico-radiographic findings in most of the cases. Other monostotic, primary rib tumours and tumorous conditions in childhood--with the exception of exchondroma and enchondroma--rarely show diagnostic radiographic features.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kozlowski
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sprague
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taccone
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Beluffi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marcinski
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Porta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stevens
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004803:Eosinophilic Granuloma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D010017:Osteoma, Osteoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012272:Ribs; D012512:Sarcoma, Ewing / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed