title: Calcifying fibrous pseudotumor of the chest wall.
abstract: This report concerns the finding of a clinically benign 4-cm mass in the anterior thorax of a 12-year-old girl. The tumor was inseparable from the chest wall. A wide excision was performed. Microscopic examination proved it to be a rare but distinctive lesion recently entitled "calcifying fibrous pseudotumor" primarily involving the chest wall. Wide excision is thought necessary to preclude local recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Children's Medical Center of Dallas, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Reed
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Margraf
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nikaidoh
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Cleveland
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery