[Choristoma of the diaphragm. Case report of a rare tumor and approach through lateral thoracotomy].
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.
Welcker
K
K
Asklepios Fachklinik München-Gauting: Klinik für Thoraxchirurgie, Germany. drwelcker@t-online.de
Lindner
M
M
Morresi-Hauf
A
A
Dasbach
G
G
Linsenmaier
U
U
Walther
J
J
Thetter
O
O
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