Osteochondroma developing from the xyphoid appendix into an abdominal wall scar from a previous laparotomy.
We describe herein the case of a 45-year-old man who developed an osteochondroma from the xyphoid appendix into an abdominal wall scar from a laparotomy performed 4 years previously. To our knowledge, rare cases of osteochondroma of the xyphoid bone have been documented in the literature. As shown by the tumor's rapid development during a period of only 4 years, osteochondromas arise from, or grow well under, inflammatory and cicatricial conditions. Periosteal contusion causing growth-plate cartilage migration and enchondral ossification seems to be the first presentation of osteochondroma.
El Kaoui
Hakim
H
Digestive Surgery, Military Hospital Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco.
Sall
Ibrahima
I
Bouchentouf
Mohammed
M
Baba
Hicham
H
Ali
Abdelmounaim Ait
AA
Achour
Abdoussamad
A
Al Bouzidi
Abderrahmane
A
Zentar
Aziz
A
Sair
Khalid
K
D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015831:Osteochondroma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014989:Xiphoid Bone / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery