Costal osteochondroma presenting as haemothorax and diaphragmatic laceration.
We report the unusual case of an 11-year-old girl who suffered a large haemothorax and lacerated left hemidiaphragm because of a costal osteochondroma arising from the left sixth rib near the costochondral junction. Surgical excision of the osteochondroma was performed and the lacerated diaphragm was repaired.
Jin
Wook
W
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Gil Medical Centre, Gachon Medical School, 1198 Guweol-dong, Namdong-gu, Incheon, South Korea. jinooki@hitel.net
Hyun
Sung Youl
SY
Ryoo
Eell
E
Lim
Yong Su
YS
Kim
Jae Kwang
JK
D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D015831:Osteochondroma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012272:Ribs / Q000473:pathology*; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed