title: A logical approach to chest wall neoplasms.
abstract: Thirty chest wall tumors were evaluated over a 3-year period at two major medical centers; a nonradical excisional biopsy technique was used. The majority of the lesions were benign; the small number of malignancies consisted of either plasmacytomas or metastatic neoplasms. These findings support a limited excisional biopsy as the recommended initial diagnostic approach for all chest wall tumors.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002812:Chondroma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005357:Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D013909:Thorax / Q000473:pathology*