title: Fibrous dysplasia of the rib presenting as a huge chest wall tumor: report of a case.
abstract: Fibrous dysplasia of the rib is not uncommon, but is rarely demonstrated as a huge chest wall mass with severe clinical symptoms. A 59-year-old patient, presenting with a huge, rapidly expanding chest wall tumor compressing the lung, liver and heart accompanied by chest pain and dyspnea, is reported. The tumor was success-fully excised by local radical resection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C.
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Harn
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005358:Fibrous Dysplasia, Monostotic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012272:Ribs; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed