Gorham's disease of the chest wall: CT and MR characteristics.
We report a case of Gorham's disease of the chest wall in a 29-year-old man. A chest radiograph showed osteolysis of the left first, second, and third ribs. CT and MR images revealed a soft tissue mass around the affected ribs. The mass presented as having heterogeneous high signal intensity on T2-weighted MR images, and it showed minimal enhancement on contrast-enhanced MR images. A histologic specimen obtained by incisional biopsy from the left third rib revealed proliferation of lymphangiomatous tissue in the bone marrow. A diagnosis of Gorham's disease was made based on these clinical, radiologic, and histologic findings.
Okafuji
Takashi
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Department of Clinical Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan.
Yabuuchi
Hidetake
H
Soeda
Hiroyasu
H
Takahashi
Naoki
N
Hatakenaka
Masamitsu
M
Sakai
Shuji
S
Nishihara
Yunosuke
Y
Noda
Naotaka
N
Inoshima
Ichiro
I
Honda
Hiroshi
H
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010015:Osteolysis, Essential / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012272:Ribs; D035441:Thoracic Wall; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed