Multifocal mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall in infancy.
The authors report on an infant who had multifocal mesenchymal hamartoma of the right posterior chest wall. The tumors were found incidentally, on a chest radiograph, during routine evaluation for upper respiratory tract infection. Resection of both lesions with chest wall reconstruction was performed, with a good result. Only 46 cases of this unusual tumor have been reported previously, and only two of them were multifocal.
Troum
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Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, GA, USA.
Dalton
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Donner
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Besser
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D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed