title: Thoracic mesenchymoma of infancy.
abstract: Mesenchymoma of the chest wall is rare in infancy and can be easily mistaken for a malignant tumor. It is a distinct pathological entity that presents at birth or during infancy as self-limiting expansile intraosseous lesions involving the body of one or more ribs. Histologically, it is a benign focal overgrowth of normal skeletal elements. Two such cases are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, Scotland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Psaila
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carachi
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Raine
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Patrick
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008637:Mesenchymoma / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013908:Thoracotomy; D013909:Thorax / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed