title: Multifocal mesenchymal hamartoma of the chest wall in infancy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, GA, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Troum
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Dalton
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Donner
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Besser
mesh_terms: 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