title: Rib xanthoma resected by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery using a bone punch.
abstract: Xanthomas of the rib are extremely rare benign neoplasms, most commonly reported in soft tissue, but rarely in bone. We report a case of a 4-cm xanthoma of the rib resected by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and pulled through a 2-cm port incision around the patient's areola. To the best of our knowledge, there are only 8 other such cases, and none of which were removed by thoracoscopic surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hanyang University Kuri Hospital, Kuri, South Korea.
authors.forename: Soon-Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Chon
authors.forename: Chul Burm
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sung Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Shinn
authors.forename: Jeong Nam
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Heo
authors.forename: Seung Sam
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Paik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002637:Chest Pain; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012272:Ribs / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D014973:Xanthomatosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*