title: [Choristoma of the diaphragm. Case report of a rare tumor and approach through lateral thoracotomy].
abstract: Tumors of the diaphragm are rare and caused by there special localisation difficult to diagnose. We describe the case of a 31 year old man with a choristoma of the left diaphragmal crux where the localisation and genesis could only be cleared through lateral thoracotomy. Nor the CT guided puncture or the laparoscopy-although sufficient samples for the pathology could be gained-allowed the right diagnose. The importance of good diagnostic approach to select the right operative procedure-in this case the anterolateral thoracotomy-is described.
authors.affiliation: Asklepios Fachklinik München-Gauting: Klinik für Thoraxchirurgie, Germany. drwelcker@t-online.de
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Welcker
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lindner
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morresi-Hauf
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dasbach
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Linsenmaier
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Walther
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Thetter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002828:Choristoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome